{"product_id":"ilget-the-three-names-of-a-life-9781804841259","title":"Ilget: The Three Names of a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIlget \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of a frail foundling who loses his twin brother, then by the will of mysterious supernatural forces goes from being a thrall under his adoptive father to the leader of a whole tribe. He finds himself enslaved once more when the Mongols invade the banks of his native Yenisei River, but ultimately comes to realize a truth: the greatest of blessings is to live without fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Krasnoyarsk newspaper wrote of the novel, \"The author works with myth like a skilled craftsman sculpting a dugout canoe from a cedar trunk: with powerful, deliberate movements he hollows out the wooden interior and decorates the structure that emerges with coarse writing in praise of nameless spirits. When you board this boat, first your curiosity will be sparked; then things might turn uncomfortable; and you begin to understand that you will either perish or make it to the far shore.\" Even more ethnographic and exotic than Grigorenko's first novel \u003cem\u003eMebet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIlget \u003c\/em\u003eis imbued with magical realism, based on Siberian folklore and mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glagoslav Publications B.V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804841259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Alexander Grigorenko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524542296245,"sku":"9781804841259","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_14aed6fa-e823-45bc-8f3b-936186ade8f6.jpg?v=1722919959","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ilget-the-three-names-of-a-life-9781804841259","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}