{"product_id":"stories-of-a-life","title":"Stories of a Life by Meshchaninova, Nataliya","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Russian cult hit by rising filmmaker and author Nataliya Meshchaninova, \u003ci\u003eStories of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce and tender memoir-novel of one young woman's experiences growing up around, and despite, men in the post-Soviet malaise of the late '90s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nataliya Meshchaninova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646051151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNataliya Meshchaninova is a cinematographer in Russia who made her directorial debut in 2014. In 2017, she broke onto the literary scene with the viral hit \u003ci\u003eStories of A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a pillar of the #metoo movement in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiona Bell is a literary translator and scholar of Russian literature who is committed to sharing the voices of contemporary female and nonbinary Russian writers with anglophone audiences. After earning her B.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, Bell completed an M.S t. degree in Russian at Oxford University. In 2018-2019, she was mentored by Marian Schwartz through the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. In 2019-2020, she received a Fulbright grant to teach university-level English in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eStories of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e by Nataliya Meshchaninova received a 2020 PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant. Bell's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eFull Stop, The Los Angeles Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She is from St. Petersburg, Florida, but currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut while earning a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43657052848281,"sku":"9781646051151","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_7912b670-1283-4473-8f10-88baf21bcb90.jpg?v=1724559752","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/stories-of-a-life","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}