{"product_id":"the-tsar-of-love-and-techno-stories-paperback","title":"The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Marra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e--dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stunning, exquisitely written collection introduces a cast of remarkable characters whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming and heartbreaking. A 1930s Soviet censor painstakingly corrects offending photographs, deep underneath Leningrad, bewitched by the image of a disgraced prima ballerina. A chorus of women recount their stories and those of their grandmothers, former gulag prisoners who settled their Siberian mining town. Two pairs of brothers share a fierce, protective love. Young men across the former USSR face violence at home and in the military. And great sacrifices are made in the name of an oil landscape unremarkable except for the almost incomprehensibly peaceful past it depicts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn stunning prose, with rich character portraits and a sense of history reverberating into the present, \u003ci\u003eThe Tsar of Love and Techno\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating work from one of our greatest new talents.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTHONY MARRA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), which won the National Book Critics Circle's inaugural John Leonard Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction, the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and appeared on over twenty year-end lists. Marra's novel was a National Book Award long list selection as well as a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and France's Prix Medicis. He received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where he teaches as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction. He has lived and studied in Eastern Europe, and now resides in Oakland, California. Visit http: \/\/anthonymarra.net\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757380305184,"sku":"9780770436452","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cd3f04f9252e00c96cb5e213a98709eb.webp?v=1780100909","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tsar-of-love-and-techno-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}