Join n+1 contributor Elena Kostyuchenko—on a rare visit to New York—for a reading from her new book I Love Russia, followed by a conversation with n+1 coeditor Mark Krotov. The event is free and open to the public. Beer and wine will be available for sale, as will copies of I Love Russia.
Wednesday, November 1
7PM
n+1 office
37 Greenpoint Ave #316
Brooklyn
Praise for I Love Russia
“Jaw-dropping. . . . [Kostyuchenko’s] style of brave, intimate reporting is likely to be a rarity in Russia for years to come.” —New York Times Book Review
“Brilliant and immersive. . . . Brave and luminous. . . . Kostyuchenko’s fearless coverage of the war in Ukraine speaks for itself.” —The Guardian (UK)
“I Love Russia, while true to its name, holds that the greatest form of patriotism is criticism. It’s a mixture of Kostyuchenko’s reporting—on the 2014 war in Donbas, Ukraine, the contract killing of six of her colleagues, the Russian government’s grim denial of the fighting in Donetsk in 2012—and her deeply personal essays . . . makes a point to foreground the overlooked and oppressed.” —TIME, Best Books of October
“Would you like to know where Putin comes from? What the Russians are like today? And why? Read this book. For years, the author has been keeping a diary of the soul of her people, with love and with hate. Scientists claim that there is no place in the body where the soul resides. So where is it then? The author goes to homes and schools, sits at weddings and celebrations, asking about love and hate, children and parents. We get to see the rise of the monster that now leaves its footprints in Kyiv, Bucha, and Irpin—and how it forces the whole world to fear the future.” —Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Secondhand Time
“Not only does Kostyuchenko find her way into the very darkness, she goes for its blackest corners. . . . The good news that emerges is her talent. Read her. It’s worth it.” —Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize