{"product_id":"free-world","title":"Free World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Free World\u003c\/i\u003e is the rapturously reviewed comic-tragic first novel from David Bezmozgis, a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e'20 under 40' writer and author of \u003ci\u003eNatasha and other stories\u003c\/i\u003e, whose work has been shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award and the Giller Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrific ... Combines comic brilliance with a poignant portrait of a family trapped between two worlds'\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1978 the Krasnansky family - bickering, tired and confused - arrive in Rome. Alongside thousands of other Soviet Jewish refugees they await passage to a new home in the West. But escaping Communism is not so easy, especially when some of the Krasnanskys insist on bringing it with them. It is harder still when their American sponsor lets them down and they find they're stuck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is a tragic yet comic tale of reckless brothers and long-suffering sisters, ailing parents and innocent children, of love affairs and criminal liaisons, of a wonderfully troubled family and a perpetually wandering people, and their epic search for a home...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb ... a major new talent'\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderfully uplifting'\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Colourful, sharply funny and deeply moving'\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Alternately comic, sharp and sombre ... it's impossible not to be caught up in the tangled web of its unforgettable case'\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A proper novel that bulges and pulses and thrums with life ... I ended up loving it' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'David Bezmozgis projects a sense of ease that is very rare in first novels; he does everything well'\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1973 and emigrated with his parents to Toronto in 1980. \u003ci\u003eThe Free World \u003c\/i\u003ewas picked as a 'Waterstone's 11' and has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize. His previous book, \u003ci\u003eNatasha and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the year, won the Commonwealth Writer's Regional Prize for First Book and has been translated into over a dozen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243686252888,"sku":"9780241953754","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241953754_58ee6bba-e460-4509-b9a9-edb522ebd469.jpg?v=1777706124","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/free-world","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}