Sacred Darkness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609454920)

Based on true events, this novel set in a Soviet prison is "both a feat of fractured storytelling and a beautiful excavation of a recent, haunting past" (Publishers Weekly).

As a political dissident, Berdzenishvili lands in jail, serving a sentence on trumped-up charges of activism and agitation. But rather than being the hell he expected, jail allows him access to a wide array of intellectuals, professionals, citizens of all walks of life, many of whom, he freely admits, he would not have had the chance to meet if he had not been in jail.
Here he bears witness to those lives. Each chapter carries a single person's name and focuses on a single story. Collectively, however, these portraits create a multifaceted and vast picture of life in the Soviet Union, including during its demise. A nation seeks to suppress its brightest citizens, to keep them locked away in the dark. But in that darkness, unbeknown to the jailor, bonds stronger than walls were forming.

Author: Levan Berdzenishvili
ISBN-10: 1609454928
ISBN-13: 9781609454920
Publisher: Europa Editions
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2019
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/15/2019