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{{Short description|2024 book by Alexei Navalny}}
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'''''Patriot: A Memoir''''' is a posthumous non-fiction book authored by Russian [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition]] leader [[Alexei Navalny]] and published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] in October 2024. A self-described memoir, ''Patriot'' is Navalny's second book, following ''Opposing Forces'' (2016). ''Patriot'' details Navalny's life and career.
'''''Patriot: A Memoir''''' is a posthumous non-fiction book authored by Russian [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition]] leader [[Alexei Navalny]] and published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] in October 2024. A self-described memoir, ''Patriot'' is Navalny's second book, following ''Opposing Forces'' (2016). ''Patriot'' details Navalny's life and career.


==Synopsis==
==Contents summary==
In ''Patriot'', Navalny details his life and career.<ref name="NYTimesInfo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/books/booksupdate/aleksei-navalny-memoir.html |title=Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall. |date=April 11, 2024 |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref> The first portion of the book contains his reflections, and the second portion contains a [[prison memoir]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Litvinova |first=Dasha |last2=Italie |first2=Hillel |date=2024-10-22 |title=Navalny's memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison — and how he never lost hope |url=https://apnews.com/article/navalny-memoir-putin-russia-opposition-patriot-8e12b158f1ae44e8274eebbdad194847 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
In ''Patriot'', Navalny details his life and career.<ref name="NYTimesInfo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/books/booksupdate/aleksei-navalny-memoir.html |title=Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall. |date=April 11, 2024 |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref> The first portion of the book is in narrative form about his life and career, while the second portion is in the form of a [[prison memoir]] - some of it describing the boredom, isolation, and suffering living in such a prison, but also including reflections on a variety of topics, "from 19th century French literature to [[Billie Eilish]]". It also demonstrates his long fight against giving in to despair despite the authorities' punishments, and gives advice on how not to lose hope.<ref name=italie2024>{{Cite web |last=Litvinova |first=Dasha |last2=Italie |first2=Hillel |date=2024-10-22 |title=Navalny's memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison — and how he never lost hope |url=https://apnews.com/article/navalny-memoir-putin-russia-opposition-patriot-8e12b158f1ae44e8274eebbdad194847 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

The book also includes a [[manifesto]] for transforming Russia, which include "free elections, a constitutional assembly, decentralisation, and a European orientation". The last entry in the memoir was made on January 17, 2024, a few weeks before his death.<ref name=harding2024/>


==Writing==
==Writing==
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==Editing and publication==
==Editing and publication==
''Patriot'' was edited from Russian into English by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel.<ref name=harding2024/>

''Patriot'' was announced by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] and Navalny's wife, [[Yulia Navalnaya]], on April 11, 2024. Navalnaya edited and finalized the manuscript with Knopf. On [[X (Twitter)|X]], Navalnaya announced that ''Patriot'' had been translated into eleven languages, including a Russian-language edition.<ref name="NYTimesInfo"/>
''Patriot'' was announced by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] and Navalny's wife, [[Yulia Navalnaya]], on April 11, 2024. Navalnaya edited and finalized the manuscript with Knopf. On [[X (Twitter)|X]], Navalnaya announced that ''Patriot'' had been translated into eleven languages, including a Russian-language edition.<ref name="NYTimesInfo"/>


''Patriot'' was published on October 22, 2024 by Knopf in the United States<ref name="NYTimesInfo"/> and by [[Penguin Books]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last=Navalny |first=Alexei |title=PATRIOT |website=Penguin Books UK |date=22 October 2024 |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445409/patriot-by-navalny-alexei/9781847927033 |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> Yulia Navalnaya gave an interview to the [[BBC]] on the eve of its launch.<ref name=bbcinterview2024>{{cite interview| first=Yulia| last=Navalnaya |interviewer-last=Razzall |interviewer-first=Katie |title=Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says she'll stand as Russian President |website=BBC News |date=20 October 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yulia Navalnaya, widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she will return to Russia to run for president |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=22 October 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-22/yulia-navalnaya-says-will-stand-for-russia-president-after-putin/104504472 |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref>
''Patriot'' was published on October 22, 2024 by Knopf in the United States<ref name="NYTimesInfo"/> and by [[Bodley Head]] (an imprint of [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last=Navalny |first=Alexei |title=PATRIOT |website=Penguin Books UK |date=22 October 2024 |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445409/patriot-by-navalny-alexei/9781847927033 |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> Yulia Navalnaya gave an interview to the [[BBC]] on the eve of its launch.<ref name=bbcinterview2024>{{cite interview| first=Yulia| last=Navalnaya |interviewer-last=Razzall |interviewer-first=Katie |title=Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says she'll stand as Russian President |website=BBC News |date=20 October 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yulia Navalnaya, widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she will return to Russia to run for president |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=22 October 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-22/yulia-navalnaya-says-will-stand-for-russia-president-after-putin/104504472 |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref><ref name=italie2024/>

The book will be published in Russian, but will not be shipped to Russia. The Russian Government and state media ignored its publication.<ref name=italie2024/>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Writing for [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']], [[Luke Harding]] praised the book as a "luminous account of Navalny’s life and dark times" and "a challenge from beyond the grave to Russia’s murder-addicted rulers".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Luke |date=2024-10-22 |title=Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – last testament |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/22/patriot-by-alexei-navalny-review-last-testament |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Mikhail Zygar]] of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] highlighted the difference in tone throughout the book, calling the first part light and humorous, while writing the prison diary was "horrifying, but impossible to stop reading".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zygar |first=Mikhail |date=2024-10-22 |title=Alexei Navalny’s Memoir Is a Gospel in Which He Foresaw His Own Death |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/navalny-memoir-review |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>
Writing for [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']], [[Luke Harding]] praised the book as a "luminous account of Navalny’s life and dark times" and "a challenge from beyond the grave to Russia’s murder-addicted rulers".<ref name=harding2024>{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Luke |date=2024-10-22 |title=Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – last testament |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/22/patriot-by-alexei-navalny-review-last-testament |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
[[Mikhail Zygar]] of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] highlighted the difference in tone throughout the book, calling the first part light and humorous, while writing the prison diary was "horrifying, but impossible to stop reading".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zygar |first=Mikhail |date=2024-10-22 |title=Alexei Navalny’s Memoir Is a Gospel in Which He Foresaw His Own Death |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/navalny-memoir-review |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:58, 24 October 2024

Patriot: A Memoir
AuthorAlexei Navalny
TranslatorArch Tait and Stephen Dalziel
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRussian politics
GenreMemoir
PublishedOctober 22, 2024
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf (US)
Bodley Head (UK)
Publication placeUnited States, United Kingdom
Media typeHardcover
Pages479
ISBN978-0-5933-2096-9
Preceded byOpposing Forces 
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Patriot: A Memoir is a posthumous non-fiction book authored by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and published by Alfred A. Knopf in October 2024. A self-described memoir, Patriot is Navalny's second book, following Opposing Forces (2016). Patriot details Navalny's life and career.

Synopsis

In Patriot, Navalny details his life and career.[1] The first portion of the book is in narrative form about his life and career, while the second portion is in the form of a prison memoir - some of it describing the boredom, isolation, and suffering living in such a prison, but also including reflections on a variety of topics, "from 19th century French literature to Billie Eilish". It also demonstrates his long fight against giving in to despair despite the authorities' punishments, and gives advice on how not to lose hope.[2]

The book also includes a manifesto for transforming Russia, which include "free elections, a constitutional assembly, decentralisation, and a European orientation". The last entry in the memoir was made on January 17, 2024, a few weeks before his death.[3]

Writing

See also: Poisoning of Alexei Navalny and Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny

Navalny began writing Patriot in Germany after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok in August 2020. He returned to Russia in February 2021, having written much of his memoir by that time, and he was arrested. Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in August 2023 on charges of extremism. In February 2024, he died at a penal colony in the Russian arctic.[1]

Editing and publication

Patriot was edited from Russian into English by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel.[3]

Patriot was announced by Alfred A. Knopf and Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, on April 11, 2024. Navalnaya edited and finalized the manuscript with Knopf. On X, Navalnaya announced that Patriot had been translated into eleven languages, including a Russian-language edition.[1]

Patriot was published on October 22, 2024 by Knopf in the United States[1] and by Bodley Head (an imprint of Penguin in the UK.[4] Yulia Navalnaya gave an interview to the BBC on the eve of its launch.[5][6][2]

The book will be published in Russian, but will not be shipped to Russia. The Russian Government and state media ignored its publication.[2]

Reception

Writing for The Guardian, Luke Harding praised the book as a "luminous account of Navalny’s life and dark times" and "a challenge from beyond the grave to Russia’s murder-addicted rulers".[3]

Mikhail Zygar of Vanity Fair highlighted the difference in tone throughout the book, calling the first part light and humorous, while writing the prison diary was "horrifying, but impossible to stop reading".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Alter, Alexandra (April 11, 2024). "Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Litvinova, Dasha; Italie, Hillel (October 22, 2024). "Navalny's memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison — and how he never lost hope". AP News. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Harding, Luke (October 22, 2024). "Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – last testament". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Navalny, Alexei (October 22, 2024). "PATRIOT". Penguin Books UK. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Navalnaya, Yulia (October 20, 2024). "Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says she'll stand as Russian President". BBC News (Interview). Interviewed by Razzall, Katie. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "Yulia Navalnaya, widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she will return to Russia to run for president". ABC News. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  7. ^ Zygar, Mikhail (October 22, 2024). "Alexei Navalny's Memoir Is a Gospel in Which He Foresaw His Own Death". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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