{"product_id":"limonov-the-outrageous-adventures-of-the-radical-soviet-poet-who-became-a-bum-in-new-york-a-sensation-in-france-and-a-political-antihero-in-russia-paperback","title":"Limonov: The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia - Paperback","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\u003eEmmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling page-turner that also happens to be the biography of one of Russia's most controversial figures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: \"Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young punk in Ukraine, the idol of the Soviet underground; a bum, then a multimillionaire's butler in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkans; and now, in the fantastic shambles of postcommunism, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperadoes. He sees himself as a hero; you might call him a scumbag: I suspend my judgment on the matter. It's a dangerous life, an ambiguous life: a real adventure novel. It is also, I believe, a life that says something. Not just about him, Limonov, not just about Russia, but about all our history since the end of the Second World War.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo Eduard Limonov isn't fictional-but he might as well be. This pseudobiography isn't a novel, but it reads like one: from Limonov's grim childhood to his desperate, comical, ultimately successful attempts to gain the respect of Russia's literary intellectual elite; to his immigration to New York, then to Paris; to his return to the motherland. \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e could be read as a charming picaresque. But it could also be read as a troubling counternarrative of the second half of the twentieth century, one that reveals a violence, an anarchy, a brutality, that the stories we tell ourselves about progress tend to conceal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Paris in 1957, is a writer, scriptwriter, and film producer. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mustache\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeception \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book), \u003ci\u003eMy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife as a Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLives Other Than\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Own\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Globe de Cristal for Best Novel in 2010 and the Prix des lecteurs de \u003ci\u003eL'Express\u003c\/i\u003e, the Prix Marie Claire du roman d'émotion, and the Prix Crésus in 2009. For \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, Carrère received the Prix Renaudot and the Prix des prix in 2011 and the Europese Literatuurprijs in 2013. He lives in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, and studied philosophy in Paris before moving to Berlin, where he now lives with his wife and two children. In addition to Emmanuel Carrère's \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, he has translated \u003ci\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReticence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait Abroad \u003c\/i\u003eby Jean- Philippe Toussaint.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984399167590,"sku":"9781250074836","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/enZpbEJERVpVdUU5V3FHSFhmL0hwZz09.webp?v=1773121604","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/limonov-the-outrageous-adventures-of-the-radical-soviet-poet-who-became-a-bum-in-new-york-a-sensation-in-france-and-a-political-antihero-in-russia-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}