<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Based on true events, a thrilling marriage of reportage and lived experience, this book tears apart the fabric of Russian Soviet repression with biting humor and wry insight. Here are stories of citizens who find themselves in extraordinary and remarkable conditions. Iona, the philosopher and bon vivant; Merab, whose discourses resemble those of Socrates; Irakli, the learned classicist; Anderson, the librarian; the gourmands, Maximovich and Petrov; Kukharuk, the barber. These people and many more form the unofficial aristocracy, the intelligentsia, of the gulag, and with them, serving a sentence for political agitation, Levan Berdzenishvili, to his surprise, spends some of the most enjoyable and enlightening days of his life"--inside flap of front cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Based on true events, this novel set in a Soviet prison is "both a feat of fractured storytelling and a beautiful excavation of a recent, haunting past" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).</b> <p/>As a political dissident, Berdzenishvili lands in jail, serving a sentence on trumped-up charges of activism and agitation. But rather than being the hell he expected, jail allows him access to a wide array of intellectuals, professionals, citizens of all walks of life, many of whom, he freely admits, he would not have had the chance to meet if he had not been in jail.<br>Here he bears witness to those lives. Each chapter carries a single person's name and focuses on a single story. Collectively, however, these portraits create a multifaceted and vast picture of life in the Soviet Union, including during its demise. A nation seeks to suppress its brightest citizens, to keep them locked away in the dark. But in that darkness, unbeknown to the jailor, bonds stronger than walls were forming.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for <em>Sacred Darkness</em></p> <p>"Berdzenishvili pulls off both a feat of fractured storytelling and a beautiful excavation of a recent, haunting past."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><br><br><p><b>Marketing & Publicity</b> <p>-Finished copies to political groups, Amnesty International, PEN <p>-Academic promotion <p>-National media campaign focused on human rights, war, former-Soviet, and political publications <p>-e-Galley available on Edelweiss <p><b>Contact Info</b> <p>Publicity and Author Events <p>Rachael Small <p>rachaelsmall@europaeditions.com<p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Born in 1953 in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi, <b>Levan Berdzenishvili</b> is the author of numerous books and essays on Ancient Comedies, Modern Society and Latin.<p>
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