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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Boris Akunin – Russia: Its Past\, Present an
 d Future - Boris Akunin
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:CamRuSS has prepared a real present for lovers of modern Russi
 an literature. On Friday 29 April we'll hold a meeting with Grigorii Chkha
 rtishvili\, one of the most celebrated writers of post-Soviet Russia\, who
  is known around the world under his pen name "Boris Akunin":https://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D
 0%B8%D0%BD.\n\nIn the first two decades of the twenty-first century\, Chkh
 artishvili published over sixty books. His series featuring the tsarist se
 cret policeman Erast Fandorin has sold over 20 million books in Russia alo
 ne\, making Akunin one of the bestselling authors of the post-Soviet era. 
 Combining intertextuality\, allusions\, pastiche\, and other markers of po
 stmodern playfulness\, many of Akunin's works have been translated into En
 glish and have also been adapted for film and television.\n\nChkhartishvil
 i is also known as a prominent critic of the Russian authorities\, Vladimi
 r Putin in particular\, and was one of the leaders of the 2011-12 protests
  in Moscow. He emigrated from Russia in 2014 in the wake of the annexation
  of Crimea\, and now spends most of his time abroad.\n\nFor the last ten y
 ears\, Grigorii Chkhartishvili has focused on his big project\, "The Histo
 ry of the Russian State"\, which\, he claims\, is "non-ideological"\, base
 d solely on facts. Each of the nine volumes is accompanied by a book of fi
 ction set in the same period\, where numerous allusions to modern Russia a
 re easily recognisable. No wonder that the topic of our conversation with 
 the author is "Russia: Its Past\, Present and Future".\n\nOur conversation
  with Boris Akunin will be led by Dr Jana Howlett\, "Emerita Lecturer in S
 lavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge":https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk
 /jrh11 and "Emerita Fellow of Jesus College":https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/p
 eople/jana-howlett. Jana is a historian specialising in medieval and moder
 n Russian art and culture.\n\nAll proceeds will be split between the fundr
 aising campaign "Настоящая Россия":https://truerussia.org/ 
 ("True Russia Against the War") and our own charity's new dedicated fund t
 o provide targeted help for those fleeing the war in Ukraine and their hos
 t families.\n\n*WHEN:* Friday 29 April\, 18:00 – 20:00\n\n*WHERE:* Paula
  Browne House Lecture Theatre\, Murray Edwards College\, Huntingdon Road\,
  Cambridge CB3 0SH\n\n*TICKETS:* CamRuSS members / Concessions (Students\,
  Children under 16\, Senior Citizens) – £15\; Non-members – £20. Boo
 k "via AllEvents":https://allevents.in/cambridge/a-conversation-with-boris
 -akunin-%E2%80%93-russia-its-past-present-and-future/80003334775193 only.\
 n\nRead and listen to Boris Akunin's recent interview (17 March 2022) with
  BBC News – Русская служба "here":https://www.bbc.com/russi
 an/news-60753918.\n\nYou might also be interested to watch "Mysteries of t
 he Russian Empire: Boris Akunin in conversation with Boyd Tonkin" (hosted 
 by the British Library) via YouTube "here":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
 =Ci5xI4bYYIA.\n\nView Boris Akunin's "personal website":http://akunin.ru/ 
 and (now archived) "personal blog":https://borisakunin.livejournal.com/.\n
 \nBoris Akunin's books are available to buy "on Amazon":https://www.waters
 tones.com/author/boris-akunin/13948 and "at Waterstones":https://www.water
 stones.com/author/boris-akunin/13948\, among many others.\n\nBoris Akunin 
 appeared on "World Book Club" on the BBC World Service in 2011. Listen via
  BBC Sounds "here":https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00gdt65.\n\nSee this
  event on the CamRuSS website "here":http://www.camruss.com/en/events/a-co
 nversation-with-boris-akunin-russia-its-past-present-and-future/.
LOCATION:Paula Browne House Lecture Theatre\, Murray Edwards College\, Hun
 tingdon Road\, Cambridge CB3 0SH
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