{"product_id":"alindarkas-children-by-alhaji-bai-bacharevic","title":"'Alindarka's Children' by Alhaji Bai Bacharévić","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:cc423350-3632-4d1b-9abd-7b8380107069-15\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:cc423350-3632-4d1b-9abd-7b8380107069-15\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:cc423350-3632-4d1b-9abd-7b8380107069-15\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-28\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6ec1b122-77dd-41a8-8859-27f614d06ec9\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"695\"\u003eBlending fable, satire and speculative fiction, the novel imagines a society where language itself becomes a mechanism of power. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"695\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginally published in Belarusian in 2014, \u003cem data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"163\"\u003eAlindarka's Children\u003c\/em\u003e established Alhierd Bacharevič as one of Eastern Europe's most inventive contemporary novelists.Children are separated from their parents, education becomes ideological conditioning, and reality shifts according to who controls words and memory. Rather than straightforward dystopia, Bacharevič writes in a dreamlike register where fairy tale, political allegory and literary play continually overlap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"1231\"\u003eThe novel has often been read as a meditation on Belarusian identity and the suppression of language under authoritarianism, but its concerns reach far beyond one country. It asks how language forms consciousness, how history is rewritten, and how children inherit political violence. For readers interested in writers such as Olga Tokarczuk, Mikhail Bulgakov or Antoine Volodine, \u003cem data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1100\"\u003eAlindarka's Children\u003c\/em\u003e offers a strange, unsettling vision where fantasy becomes a way of thinking through censorship, nationalism and cultural survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1396\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish translation published by Art Council England, 2018 paperback. Very good condition with light shelf wear. Clean, unmarked interior.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45754319634515,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_30.png?v=1782879281","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/alindarkas-children-by-alhaji-bai-bacharevic","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}