{"product_id":"9780099584131","title":"Mud and Stars : Travels in Russia","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Wheeler, Sara \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eRussia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 July 2020 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 23 | 216g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANDFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2020With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides – Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others – Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news  – a Russia of humanity and daily struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the 'ordinary' people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491581837698,"sku":"9780099584131","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780099584131.jpg?v=1753751567","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780099584131","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}