{"product_id":"zuleikha-the-international-bestseller-paperback","title":"Zuleikha: The International Bestseller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuzel Yakhina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa C. Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 READ RUSSIA PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRUNNER-UP FOR THE EBRD LITERATURE PRIZE, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZuleikha is the model of a dutiful wife. Biddible and meek, she has resigned herself to brutal treatment at the hands of her cruel husband and the carping of her despotic mother-in-law. While Russia reels in the aftermath of its recent revolution, life in her small Tatar village is relatively untouched. Or so it seems to Zuleikha, until the day her husband is executed by communist soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZuleikha is exiled to Siberia and forced to leave behind everything she knows. Yet in that harsh, desolate wilderness, she begins to build a new life for herself and discovers an inner strength she never knew she had. This is a supremely ambitious epic about one woman's determination, not only to survive, but to flourish in the face of the greatest adversity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuzel Yakhina \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1977 Kazan, Tatarstan) is a Russian author and filmmaker of Tatar origins. She graduated from the Kazan State Pedagogical University and completed her PhD at the Moscow Filmmaking School. \u003ci\u003eZuleikha\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa C. Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e's translations from the Russian include Eugene Vodolazkin's \u003ci\u003eLaurus\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Read Russia Award in 2016. \u003ci\u003eLaurus \u003c\/i\u003eand Lisa's translation of Vadim Levental's \u003ci\u003eMasha Regina\u003c\/i\u003e were both shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize. Her blog, Lizok's Bookshelf, examines contemporary Russian fiction. She lives in Maine, USA.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769434669344,"sku":"9781786076847","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d38633e0eecf4cd47aa73b1d79585af.webp?v=1780348109","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/zuleikha-the-international-bestseller-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}