{"product_id":"offended-sensibilities-9781646052233","title":"Offended Sensibilities","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646052233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252","brand":"Alisa Ganieva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370615640245,"sku":"9781646052233","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7d0e8261-a337-44d9-81a1-f43bdc787af5.jpg?v=1663040975","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/offended-sensibilities-9781646052233","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}