{"product_id":"between-prison-and-freedom-memoir-of-a-soviet-dissident-hardcover","title":"Between Prison and Freedom: Memoir of a Soviet Dissident - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Podrabinek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarian Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Satter\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis thrilling memoir documents the early life of Russian journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek as he and other dissidents fearlessly fought against the Soviet Union.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Prison and Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Alexander Podrabinek's deeply personal recollections of his early life fearlessly opposing the injustices of the Soviet Union. He vividly describes his turbulent journey from silently protesting at Pushkin Square as a teenager to his exile in a brutal prison camp for publishing \u003cem\u003ePunitive Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBetween Prison and Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful tribute to the Russian dissidents, desperately loyal to their country and to each other, as they fought for freedom and justice, all while cunningly evading the KGB's nearly successful efforts to break--or kill--them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his personal experiences, the dissident reality unfolds as an onslaught of surveillance and false accusations, corrective labor camps and exile, and a consistent disregard for basic human freedoms. In this captivating story about standing against tyranny, Podrabinek captures the spirit of the dissident movement, the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident's life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Podrabinek is a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist, and commentator. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePunitive Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e, which details the Soviet Union's use of psychiatric hospitals against political prisoners. He remains an active writer and commentator covering Russian political and social affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian Schwartz is a prizewinning translator of Russian fiction and nonfiction, including works by Nina Berberova, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Shishkin, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Satter is an American journalist and historian who writes about Russia and the Soviet Union. He has authored books and articles about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 9.12 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44807785414758,"sku":"9780268209650","price":49.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/73OWn9rvA_9780268209650.webp?v=1771491288","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/between-prison-and-freedom-memoir-of-a-soviet-dissident-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}