Other Russias

Victoria Lomasko (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2017
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84614-951-1 (ISBN)

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*Winner of the Pushkin House Prize for the Best Book in Translation 2018*

From a renowned graphic artist and activist, an incredible portrait of life in Russia today

'A surprisingly uplifting, moving and often very funny chronicle of grassroots protest movements, political trials, provincial sex workers and bomb-scare-ridden LGBT festivals' - The Times

'Victoria Lomasko's gritty, street-level view of the great Russian people masterfully intertwines quiet desperation with open defiance. Her drawings have an on-the-spot immediacy that I envy. She is one of the brave ones' - Joe Sacco, author of Palestine

What does it mean to live in Russia today? What is it like to grow up in a forgotten city, to be a migrant worker or to grow old and seek solace in the Orthodox church?

For the past eight years, graphic artist and activist Victoria Lomasko has been travelling around Russia and talking to people as she draws their stories. She spent time in dying villages where schoolteachers outnumber students; she stayed with sex workers in the city of Nizhny Novgorod; she went to juvenile prisons and spoke to kids who have no contact with the outside world; and she attended every major political rally in Moscow.

The result is an extraordinary portrait of Russia in the Putin years -- a country full of people who have been left behind, many of whom are determined to fight for their rights and for progress against impossible odds. Empathetic, honest, funny, and often devastating, Lomasko's portraits show us a side of Russia that is hardly ever seen.

Victoria Lomasko (Author) Victoria Lomasko was born in Serpukhov, Russia in 1978. She works as a graphic artist and has lectured and written widely on graphic reportage. The co-author of the book Forbidden Art, nominated for the Kandinsky Prize in 2010, she has also co-curated two major art exhibitions, The Feminist Pencil and Drawing the Court. Her work has been exhibited in numerous shows in Russia and abroad. She lives in Moscow.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2017
Übersetzer	Thomas Campbell
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	133 x 199 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-84614-951-7 / 1846149517
ISBN-13	978-1-84614-951-1 / 9781846149511
Zustand	Neuware