{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9781938603518","title":"Nadezhda in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yelena Moskovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Dzanc Books, 2026-01-13\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A stunning, novel-in-verse exploration of LGBTQ+ life in the shadow of the former Soviet bloc\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;On the longest night of a milk-dark Berlin winter, a doomed couple sit side by side on their bed. Both fled the Soviet Union as children, the narrator from Ukraine, and her girlfriend from Russia.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;The lights are off. Neither speak.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In their silence, a century of Ukrainian and Russian history resurfaces: forgotten literary characters, Yiddish maxims, contraband jokes, LGBT life in the post-Soviet bloc, Jewish diaspora to Israel, beauty vlogs, shaken sanity, hidden messages in Russian pop music, resistance in Odessa, Moscow club raids, and the death of a beloved friend.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;The requiem inside the narrator's head circles the question pinned within the darkness: What does it mean to hold onto Nadezhda, whose name means \"hope\"? And is holding it enough?\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081567944873,"sku":"PHBK-9781938603518","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/5931563482878.jpg?v=1779378116","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9781938603518","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}