{"product_id":"stories-of-a-life-paperback","title":"Stories of a Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNataliya Meshchaninova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFiona Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Russian cult hit by rising filmmaker and author Nataliya Meshchaninova, \u003ci\u003eStories of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce and tender memoir-novel of one young woman's experiences growing up around, and despite, men in the post-Soviet malaise of the late '90s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNataliya Meshchaninova is a cinematographer in Russia who made her directorial debut in 2014. In 2017, she broke onto the literary scene with the viral hit \u003ci\u003eStories of A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a pillar of the #metoo movement in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiona Bell is a literary translator and scholar of Russian literature who is committed to sharing the voices of contemporary female and nonbinary Russian writers with anglophone audiences. After earning her B.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, Bell completed an M.S t. degree in Russian at Oxford University. In 2018-2019, she was mentored by Marian Schwartz through the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. In 2019-2020, she received a Fulbright grant to teach university-level English in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eStories of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e by Nataliya Meshchaninova received a 2020 PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant. Bell's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eFull Stop, The Los Angeles Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She is from St. Petersburg, Florida, but currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut while earning a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767949852960,"sku":"9781646051151","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3857c8a5c57ef94d77769dc62109ec9f.webp?v=1780321309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stories-of-a-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}