{"product_id":"a-present-past-by-sergei-lebedev-9781035904129","title":"A Present Past","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Ghosts are not born by themselves. They are born of a silent conscience. They are as real as the ignored knowledge of crimes and the refusal to accept real responsibility. They are the distorted voice of the dead turned into mystical images. The voice of unwanted witnesses.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Present Past\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of short stories that brings to vivid life a post-Soviet world haunted by the secrets and crimes of its past. It features a judge overcome by the weight of his ruling, the stories within the old Soviet cemeteries, discovered objects that transport us to another time, and the documents of the KGB.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeamlessly blending history with fiction, politics with individualism, and reality with magic, the eleven tales explore the unacknowledged crimes of the Soviet Union and the Russian State, showing how the devastating sins of the past pervade the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710540632300,"sku":"9781035904129","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/66313b58d1dd329c346b8839436560e5.jpg?v=1754213166","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-present-past-by-sergei-lebedev-9781035904129","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}