{"product_id":"the-patriots-a-novel-9780385524414","title":"The Patriots: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism  betrayal  and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia  from one of Grantas Best of Young American Novelists  When the Great Depression hits  Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for a job in Moscowand the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia  she quickly becomes entangled in a country she cant escape. Many years later  Florences son  Julian  immigrates back to the United States  though his work in the oil industry takes him on frequent visits to Moscow. When he learns that Florences KGB file has been opened  he arranges a business trip to uncover the truth about his mother  and to convince his son  Lennytrying to make his fortune in Putins cutthroat Russiato return home. What Julian discovers is both chilling and heartbreaking: an untold story of a generation of Americans abandoned by their country  and the secret history of two rival nations colluding under the cover of enmity.  The Patriots is a riveting evocation of the Cold War years  told with brilliant insight and extraordinary skill. Alternating between Florences and Julians perspectives  it is at once a mother-son story and a tale of two countries bound in a dialectic dance; a love story and a spy story; both a grand  old-fashioned epic and a contemporary novel of ideas. Through the history of one family moving back and forth between continents over three generations  The Patriots is a poignant tale of the power of love  the rewards and risks of friendship  and the secrets parents and children keep from one another.  Praise for The Patriots  The Patriots is a historical romance in the old style: multigenerational  multi-narrative  intercontinental  laden with back stories and historical research  moving between scrupulous detail and sweeping panoramas  the first-person voice and a kaleidoscopic third  melodrama and satire  Cleveland in 1933 and Moscow in 2008.Nathaniel Rich  The New York Times Book Review  Dazzling and addictive . . . an outstanding family saga.The Spectator (U.K.)  Extraordinary . . . The Patriots has the weight of a classic.\"Commentary Magazine  I found on every page an observation so acute  a sentence of such truth and shining detail  that it demanded re-reading for the sheer pleasure of it. The Patriots has convinced me that Krasikov belongs among the totemic young writers of her era.Khaled Hosseini  author of And the Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner  The Patriots is a masterwork  a Dr. Zhivago for our times.Yann Martel  author of The High Mountains of Portugal and Life of Pi  A sustained feat of brilliance.Anthony Marra  author of The Tsar of Love and Techno  In a galvanizing tale of flawed and courageous protagonists  erotic and political passion  and harrowing struggles for survival  Krasikov masterfully and devastatingly exposes the whole dark clockwork of totalitarianism and asks what it means to be a hero  a patriot  a human being.Booklist (starred review)  Ambitious and compelling.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647275425845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385524412","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385524414.jpg?v=1781691423","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-patriots-a-novel-9780385524414","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}