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BOBO
In the tradition of Gogol comes this sharp satire on modern-day Russia, told as an elephant's journey towards the condemnation of war.
2022: Bobo is the war elephant gifted by the Turkish sultan to the Russian Tsar. A long journey on foot awaits him across Russia to Orenburg, where the Tsar is hiding in his bunker, sitting out an unsuccessful war. What also awaits Bobo is a rude awakening.
Bobo expected to fall in love with his new homeland. But, he learns what contemporary Russia is really like, where its leader's abuse of power has led it and what that means for its neighbour. After encountering unrelenting propaganda, police brutality, corruption, and poverty, Bobo discovers who he truly is and what he wants to stand for once he can shake off the shackles of hopeful servitude.
Written with sparkling wit, expertly weaving the child-like curiosity into political reality, this novel draws on Russian history as well as the most recent news. BOBO is a powerful statement against the Russian regime.
Linor Goralik is a Ukrainian-born author, poet, artist, essayist, and marketing specialist who lives in Israel and writes in Russian. She wrote as a columnist, taught fashion theory, published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novels, comics, kids' books, and non-fiction. She has an oppositional news-based Russian-language podcast for teenagers. In August 2023, Goralik she was declared "foreign agent" by the Russian government despite never having held the Russian citizenship.
Bobo expected to fall in love with his new homeland. But, he learns what contemporary Russia is really like, where its leader's abuse of power has led it and what that means for its neighbour. After encountering unrelenting propaganda, police brutality, corruption, and poverty, Bobo discovers who he truly is and what he wants to stand for once he can shake off the shackles of hopeful servitude.
Written with sparkling wit, expertly weaving the child-like curiosity into political reality, this novel draws on Russian history as well as the most recent news. BOBO is a powerful statement against the Russian regime.
Linor Goralik is a Ukrainian-born author, poet, artist, essayist, and marketing specialist who lives in Israel and writes in Russian. She wrote as a columnist, taught fashion theory, published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novels, comics, kids' books, and non-fiction. She has an oppositional news-based Russian-language podcast for teenagers. In August 2023, Goralik she was declared "foreign agent" by the Russian government despite never having held the Russian citizenship.