Many Ukrainians expressed their disapproval of the book’s Russian setting in recent days—but the head of a free expression group called the decision to pull the book “regrettable.”
, a book reviewing website. Users left comments like “the worst timing in the history of worst timings” and accused Gilbert of romanticizing Russia.Gilbert described the novel, whose release was announced last week, as “set in the middle of Siberia in the middle of the last century,” and says it “told the story of a group of individuals who made a decision to remove themselves from the society to resist the Soviet government and to try to defend nature against industrialization.
” Gilbert is the author of eight books including her 2006 bestselling memoir, which details her divorce and journey around the world traveling to Italy, India and Indonesia. The book was subsequently turned into a 2010 film starring Julia Roberts.The announcement follows a trend since the start of the war in Ukraine for institutions and individuals to distance themselves from Russian artists and writers.
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