{"product_id":"jacobs-ladder-paperback","title":"Jacob's Ladder - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLudmila Ulitskaya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePolly Gannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Russia's most renowned literary figures and a Man Booker International Prize nominee, Ludmila Ulitskaya presents what may be her final novel. \u003ci\u003eJacob's Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e is a family saga spanning a century of recent Russian history--and represents the summation of the author's career, devoted to sharing the absurd and tragic tales of twentieth-century life in her nation. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJumping between the diaries and letters of Jacob Ossetsky in Kiev in the early 1900s and the experiences of his granddaughter Nora in the theatrical world of Moscow in the 1970s and beyond, \u003ci\u003eJacob's Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e guides the reader through some of the most turbulent times in the history of Russia and Ukraine, and draws suggestive parallels between historical events of the early twentieth century and those of more recent memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning the seeming promise of the prerevolutionary years, to the dark Stalinist era, to the corruption and confusion of the present day, \u003ci\u003eJacob's Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e is a pageant of romance, betrayal, and memory. With a scale worthy of Tolstoy, it asks how much control any of us have over our lives--and how much is in fact determined by history, by chance, or indeed by the genes passed down by the generations that have preceded us into the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudmila Ulitskaya \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Russia's most popular and renowned literary figures. A former scientist and the director of Moscow's Hebrew Repertory Theater, she is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Green Tent\u003c\/i\u003e; several tales for children; and multiple plays that have been staged by a number of theaters in Russia and Germany. She has won Russia's Man Booker Prize and twice won its Big Book Prize, as well as being nominated for the Man Booker International Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly Gannon\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of cultural studies at the New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture. She holds a Ph.D. in Russian literature from Cornell University. She lives, teaches, and translates in St. Petersburg, Russia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52542217453875,"sku":"9781250619563","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bzFmdk9jV2owZzlxeUszQ25WWFhFUT09.webp?v=1760900244","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/jacobs-ladder-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}