{"product_id":"i-will-die-in-a-foreign-land","title":"I Will Die In A Foreign Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year - New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Pickhart''s story is powerful, boldly imaginative, rich in history and feeling, charged with events that have occurred since it was written - and which summon up the same force of the history that compelled an American author to write about this \"foreign land\".'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2014 Kyiv, Ukraine. The city is poised on a knife-edge as tensions mount around a corrupt government''s increasing ties to Russia. As protests erupt across the city, the fates of four individuals come together. \u003cb\u003eKatya\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic treating wounded protesters; \u003cb\u003eMisha\u003c\/b\u003e is an engineer originally from Pripyat, near Chernobyl, grieving the death of his wife; \u003cb\u003eSlava\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination; \u003cb\u003eAleksandr\u003c\/b\u003e Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, climbs atop a burned-out bus at Independence Square and plays the piano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this dazzling, inventive debut novel - set during the ''Revolution of Dignity'' - Kalani Pickhart weaves together a rich tapestry of voices to create a moving story about beauty, love and survival during tumultuous times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394383061374,"sku":"NW9781804991640","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804991640.jpg?v=1778668092","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/i-will-die-in-a-foreign-land","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}