{"product_id":"estrecho-de-bering-el-paperback","title":"Estrecho de Bering, El - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn times of communism, party members received updates from the great Soviet Encyclopedia every month. When in July 1953 the dreaded Beria was finally arrested, the encyclopedia still contained a long and laudatory entry dedicated to him. A few days after the arrest, the comrades received an envelope with a page and some instructions: they were asked to, with great care and the help of a razor blade, cut out the text about Beria and replace it with the one attached to them, referring to the Bering Strait. Thus, Bering replaced a disgraced Beria, who, following the usual method of the Soviet authorities, disappeared without a trace. This essay, which won the Grand Prix of Science-Fiction, talks about history in the conditional, what could have been and was not. He talks about uchronia: what would have happened if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter or Napoleon had emerged victorious from Waterloo... Carrère mixes chance and causality, reality and fiction, and proposes a most provocative game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.03 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100004475104,"sku":"9788433976499","price":16.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/qF8y26Pg679788433976499.webp?v=1781713611","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/estrecho-de-bering-el-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}