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The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted—and will come. In vivid, page-turning detail, including never-before-seen correspondence from prison, Navalny recounts, among other things, his political career, the many attempts on his life, and the lives of the people closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime. Written with the passion, wit, candor, and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, Patriot is Navalny's final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life. "This book is a testament not only to Alexei's life, but to his unwavering commitment to the fight against dictatorship—a fight he gave everything for, including his life. Through its pages, readers will come to know the man I loved deeply—a man of profound integrity and unyielding courage. Sharing his story will not only honor his memory but also inspire others to stand up for what is right and to never lose sight of the values that truly matter." —Yulia Navalnaya
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"Navalny's wardens permitted him to keep some notebooks, and he began to document, in meticulous detail, life behind bars ..."
"Bittersweet ... Powerful."
"There is indeed a sameness to prison writing, because there is a sameness to prison life."
"This is a brave and brilliant book, a luminous account of Navalny's life and dark times."
"There's a deep pathos to this part of the book: the reader knows how his anti-Putin stand will end."
"This tragic ending looms over the memoir, which is at once a worthy testament to the author's resistance to Putin and a heartbreaking account of Russia's collapse into war and repression."
"A true profile in courage, written with verve and wit."
"He allowed himself, his actual body, to represent another kind of Russia, a freer country."
"This book as it stands sometimes feels like a palimpsest, a reconstruction of the memoir he would have written had he lived in health and liberty."
"Honest, full of penetrating wit and with a nice ear for mockery, he was nonetheless as cheerful and empathetic as Putin is malevolent and threatening."
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