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by Nicolai Lilin · Canongate Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847677778
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ISBN: 9781847677778
Ambientada en una pequeña y cerrada comunidad de 'criminales honestos' en una región remota de la antigua Unión Soviética, esta es la historia de una infancia extrema, exótica y violenta. Nicolai Lilin narra su crecimiento dentro de los Urkas siberianos, una fraternidad criminal con rituales elaborados y estrictos códigos de honor que mantenía una profunda desconfianza hacia el Estado y la policía. Desde los seis años, Lilin es instruido en el uso de armas y para los doce ya ha sido condenado por intento de homicidio. Esta obra ofrece un retrato extraordinario de un mundo regido por la violencia y la lealtad, donde los niños son educados para sobrevivir en un entorno criminal único en los confines de Europa del Este.
Nikolai Yurievich Verzhbitsky, known as Nicolai Lilin, is an Italian‑Moldovan writer and tattoo artist from Transnistria. He moved to Italy in the early 2000s and published his first novel, Siberian Education, in 2009; it was later adapted into a 2013 film. The novel, which Lilin claimed was based on his own experiences as a member of a Siberian criminal gang in his native Bender, became a bestseller in Italy, though a number of journalists and historians have labelled it a fake memoir. Similar criticisms were directed at its sequel, Free Fall, which recounts the author's alleged experiences during the Second Chechen War.
