{"product_id":"9780990915065","title":"Twelve Stories of Russia: A novel, I guess","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen an eager American moves to Moscow to teach Russians the difference between \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ea\u003c\/em\u003e, he begins what will become an eventful six-and-a-half-year descent into the murky entrails of language, culture, and the world's greatest metro system. Part surrealistic travelogue, part historical serendipity, \u003cem\u003eTwelve Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is at its most enduring as a fanciful rumination on the elusiveness of words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve Stories of Russia\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in Moscow by the independent publisher GLAS, where it quietly gained a following among expats and locals alike. Unique in its appeal to both sides of the linguistic and cultural divide, the work has remained largely unknown beyond Russia. Now, almost a generation after its narrator's lively quest for \u003cem\u003ethe word that changes and is changed\u003c\/em\u003e, this emphatic \"novel, I guess\" is being released to a wider audience for the first time, its subject matter as universal and its themes as timely as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cow Eye Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48505583272177,"sku":"9780990915065","price":20.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780990915065_p0.jpg?v=1786052144","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990915065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}