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English
Soft Skull Press
04 August 2006
In 2000, Nikolai Maslov, a night watchman and self-taught artist, asked Emmanuel Durand, a French book salesman in Moscow, to look at three panels from a graphic novel he had drawn. Stunned by the intensity of the work, Durand offered Maslov a modest advance to quit his job and finish the book. The result is this extraordinary visual portrayal of Russian life and spirit.

Awash in alcohol from the first pages to the last, Siberia charts Maslov's bleak path through the labyrinths of the Soviet system, from the desolate Siberian countryside, to military service with the Red Army in Mongolia, to the psychiatric hospital where he was admitted after his brother's death. Drawn entirely in pencil on paper, the book's nuanced gray tones document with unremitting clarity and delicate nuance the austere Siberian landscape, the bad vodka, the daily brawls, the cynicism and violence of life in Siberia, but also the perseverance and hope of those in this often neglected but fascinating part of the world.
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Imprint:   Soft Skull Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 285mm,  Width: 206mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   304g
ISBN:   9781933368030
ISBN 10:   1933368039
Pages:   100
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nikolaï Maslov was born in Novosibirsk (Siberia) in 1954. The grandson of an illiterate peasant massacred by the NKVD, Maslov took drawing lessons before being interned for alcoholism. While working as a night watchman, Maslov began drawing an autobiographical graphic novel. Invited in residence in Angoulême to complete his work, Maslov devoted a year to extending and deepening the themes in his work, eventually creating Siberia.

Reviews for Siberia

An impressive work (of) enormous significance... will remain the standard heraldic authority on this reign for decades to come. HISTORY A heraldic Who's Who of secular society during Edward I's reign... a weighty research resource, and a magnificent piece of scholarship. MEDIEVAL PROSOPOGRAPHY A monumental work by the doyen of medieval heraldry studies. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Expert and useful edition, lay(ing) out the major editorial and interpretive issues, such as dating purpose, and contents. ALBION A mammoth task, and one for which a major debt of scholarly gratitude is due... a godsend. MEDIUM AEVUM (M H Keen)


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