{"product_id":"9781646052233","title":"Offended Sensibilities","description":"Author: Alisa Ganieva\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781646052233\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Feb 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 252\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom political fictionalist Alisa Ganieva: a neo-noir portrait of a legal system in which everything is broken and no one is innocent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffended Sensibilities\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a series of sudden deaths that occur among officials of a provincial Russian town. The events follow a notorious blasphemy law banning forms of expression that offend the sensibilities of religious believers  a law passed after Pussy Riot's infamous 2013 church-side protest that resulted in their arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this novel, Ganieva moves beyond the Dagestani setting of her previous award-winning books, published in English by Deep Vellum:\u003ci\u003e The Mountain and the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBride and Groom\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eOffended Sensibilities\u003c\/i\u003e, Ganieva seeks to address nationalism, Orthodox religiosity, sexuality, and political corruption. Suffused with a light touch and at times rollicking sense of humor, this timely, entertaining and thought-provoking novel can be read as an allegory for the current political, social, religious, and cultural climate in Russia today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836326563998,"sku":"ADS-9781646052233","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781646052233.jpg?v=1778738012","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781646052233","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}