The Prisoner
Vladimir Pereverzin
'A bleak and vivid account' BBC Radio 4
‘I am haunted by the feeling that it is not me I’m writing about, but some other man who lived through it all. It is as though I was watching a film about him, reading a book on him. And here is that book’
Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held.
Vividly told in this skilful translation, Vladimir’s ultimately uplifting memoir was first published in Russian in 2013, but, given new laws enacted in Russia to punish those who oppose its ongoing ‘special operation’ in Ukraine, it is, if anything, even more topical today.
_
‘A very Russian story, and topical for all times . . . it tells you how to become truly free when deprived of liberty’ – Boris Akunin, author of the Erast Fandorin books
Author - Vladimir Pereverzin.
Narrator - Sean Barrett.
Published Date - Wednesday, 17 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Boldwood Books ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
'A bleak and vivid account' BBC Radio 4 ‘I am haunted by the feeling that it is not me I’m writing about, but some other man who lived through it all. It is as though I was watching a film about him, reading a book on him. And here is that book’ Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held. Vividly told in this skilful translation, Vladimir’s ultimately uplifting memoir was first published in Russian in 2013, but, given new laws enacted in Russia to punish those who oppose its ongoing ‘special operation’ in Ukraine, it is, if anything, even more topical today. _ ‘A very Russian story, and topical for all times . . . it tells you how to become truly free when deprived of liberty’ – Boris Akunin, author of the Erast Fandorin books Author - Vladimir Pereverzin. Narrator - Sean Barrett. Published Date - Wednesday, 17 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Boldwood Books ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:11:39
Chapter 2
Duration:00:08:39
Chapter 3
Duration:00:22:23
Chapter 4
Duration:00:04:44
Chapter 5
Duration:00:05:52
Chapter 6
Duration:00:24:41
Chapter 7
Duration:00:51:03
Chapter 8
Duration:00:22:45
Chapter 9
Duration:00:16:19
Chapter 10
Duration:00:16:43
Chapter 11
Duration:00:21:35
Chapter 12
Duration:00:20:04
Chapter 13
Duration:00:19:55
Chapter 14
Duration:00:17:31
Chapter 15
Duration:00:09:23
Chapter 16
Duration:00:21:36
Chapter 17
Duration:00:54:21
Chapter 18
Duration:00:03:42
Chapter 19
Duration:00:10:15
Chapter 20
Duration:00:03:07
Chapter 21
Duration:00:05:04
Chapter 22
Duration:00:07:54
Chapter 23
Duration:00:07:34
Chapter 24
Duration:00:05:47
Chapter 25
Duration:00:17:58
Chapter 26
Duration:00:03:54
Chapter 27
Duration:00:05:42
Chapter 28
Duration:00:12:13
Chapter 29
Duration:00:13:23
Chapter 30
Duration:00:03:40
Chapter 31
Duration:00:06:06
Chapter 32
Duration:00:03:36
Chapter 33
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter 34
Duration:00:11:16
Chapter 35
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter 36
Duration:00:08:51
Chapter 37
Duration:00:05:45
Chapter 38
Duration:00:08:46
Chapter 39
Duration:00:20:19
Chapter 40
Duration:00:03:09
Chapter 41
Duration:00:04:46
Chapter 42
Duration:00:08:04
Chapter 43
Duration:00:09:25
Chapter 44
Duration:00:07:34
Chapter 45
Duration:00:11:48
Chapter 46
Duration:00:10:01
Chapter 47
Duration:00:05:26
Chapter 48
Duration:00:17:35
Chapter 49
Duration:00:09:06
Chapter 50
Duration:00:15:00
Chapter 51
Duration:00:04:44
Chapter 52
Duration:00:12:52
Chapter 53
Duration:00:07:06
Chapter 54
Duration:00:07:12
Chapter 55
Duration:00:08:29
Chapter 56
Duration:00:07:18
Chapter 57
Duration:00:05:44
Chapter 58
Duration:00:10:19