Pushkin House Book Prize 2023
Selected by the Bookshop
The Pushkin House Book Prize, run by our friends and neighbours at Pushkin House, aims to encourage, support and award authors who contribute to our understanding of Russia’s complex culture, history and people, including the current realities since 24 February 2022.
This year’s winner is Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by journalist Owen Matthews. Overreach explores the historical roots of the conflict, from the Covid bubble when Russian president Vladimir Putin conceived his invasion plans to the inner circle around Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Ekaterina Schulmann, chair of the judges, said: ‘Overreach is an impressive achievement: a work of accessible history, with very vivid writing, depth and historical sweep, which helps explain the context of Russia’s current war.
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WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2023A Telegraph Book of the YearShortlisted for the Parliamentary Book AwardsAn astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin…
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Places of Tenderness and Heat is a ground-level exploration of queer St. Petersburg at the fin-de-siècle. Olga Petri takes us through busy shopping arcades, bathhouses, and public urinals to show how queer men routinely met…
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