{"product_id":"9780349136615","title":"The Good Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important and necessary book... a work of honesty and humanity,'  Mishal Husain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a unique and necessary book' Simon Kuper, FT journalist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eChums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful and deeply personal exploration of what it means to be Russian today' Sarah Rainsford, author of Goodbye to Russia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fine and brave book.' Luke Harding, author of \u003ci\u003eInvasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the writer Jana Bakunina, who has lived in the UK for 20 years, felt furious, ashamed, but most of all helpless. A year later she travelled to her home city of Yekaterinburg to see how ordinary Russians viewed the conflict - and whether the soul of her nation had truly been crushed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJana finds a booming city seemingly untouched by war. Reconnecting with old friends, she discovers people either happy to go along with a regime that has brought them stability, or else staying out of politics. Most painful of all, her once liberal father has channelled his personal disappointments into becoming a firm fan of Putin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the grand humane tradition of Russian dissident writers, Jana Bakunina grapples with a universal problem: what happens when a country you love becomes infected by nationalism? What hope is there when voices of conscience are silenced by dictatorship? And can Russians in exile still imagine a liberated future?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bridge Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57708168348021,"sku":"9780349136615","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9780349136615.jpg?v=1793454566","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.info\/products\/9780349136615","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}