{"product_id":"dispatches-from-the-district-committee","title":"Dispatches from the District Committee","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDispatches from the District Committee\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMax Sorokin, Vladimir; Lawton\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781628975178\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDalkey Archive Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e180\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrotesque, deconstructive, and absolutely genius, Vladimir Sorokin's short story collection \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the District Committee\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory, offbeat portrait of Soviet life beyond the propaganda and state-sponsored realism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated-and censored--for its political satire, literary irreverence, and provocative themes, Sorokin's work has been recognized across the world for its scathing, darkly humorous commentary on political and cultural oppression in the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDispatches from the District Committee\u003c\/i\u003e brings together stories from Sorokin's incendiary 1992 collection \u003ci\u003eThe First Subotnik\/My First Working Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Skillfully translated by Max Lawton, these stories remain subversive classics, and increasingly relevant in a post-truth information age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Dispatches from the District Committee | Max Sorokin, Vladimir; Lawton | Paperback | 9781628975178 | New | Fiction 1580478","offer_id":50619718140162,"sku":"1580478","price":38.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71mbdPp23cL.jpg?v=1791187859","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/dispatches-from-the-district-committee","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}