{"product_id":"days-in-the-caucasus-9781805332206","title":"Days in the Caucasus","description":"\u003cb\u003eA scintillatingly witty memoir of a young woman's struggle for freedom, growing up in Azerbaijan on the eve of the Russian Revolution. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Characters so vividly drawn that their raucous voices seem to echo long after they have vanished from sight.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in Azerbaijan in the turbulent early 20th century, Banine had an 'odd, rich, exotic' childhood that left her continually caught between East and West, tradition and modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe remembers her luxurious home, with endless feasts of sweets and fruit; her beloved, flaxen-haired German governess; her imperious, swearing, strict Muslim grandmother; her bickering, poker-playing, chain-smoking relatives. She recalls how the Bolsheviks came, and they lost everything. How, amid revolution and bloodshed, she fell passionately in love, only to be forced into marriage with a man she loathed - until the chance of escape arrived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns gossipy and romantic, wry and moving, \u003ci\u003eDays in the Caucasus\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story and a portrait of a vanished world, and of how the past haunts us. Banine's gripping memoir provides fascinating insight into the history of the little-known and understood Caucasus region. It tells the poignant story of how, having grown up in Azerbaijan, Banine is forced to flee her home-country following the Russian Revolution, carrying with her the memories of a life that would never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805332206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Banine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259619242165,"sku":"9781805332206","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_62389104-d2fa-48fb-a18a-112f70113d48.jpg?v=1771342501","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/days-in-the-caucasus-9781805332206","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}