{"product_id":"2026200010862-secondhand-going-under-a-novel","title":"Going Under: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \nEx-library book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing Under is a searing work of Soviet-era literary fiction by the acclaimed Russian author and dissident Lydia Chukovskaya. Set against the backdrop of Stalin's Great Terror, the novel chronicles the experience of a writer named Nina who retreats to a rest home outside Moscow while quietly mourning her arrested husband, all while navigating the suffocating silence and complicity of those around her. Written in the 1940s but suppressed for decades, the narrative captures the moral paralysis of a society gripped by fear with unflinching emotional precision. Chukovskaya presents an intimate and devastating portrait of grief, isolation, and the impossible weight of bearing witness under totalitarianism. The novel stands as a landmark of suppressed Soviet literature, a testament to the courage required simply to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130764533979,"sku":"2026200010862-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ab488abf-d9e6-4983-b521-4ddd44735f00.png?v=1786589526","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010862-secondhand-going-under-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}