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    Posted by Raskolnikov on June 13, 2023, 5:45 pm

    but also sinister intervention by "Ukrainian readers "

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/books/2023/jun/12/eat-pray-love-author-withdraws-new-russia-set-novel-from-publication-elizabeth-gilbert-the-snow-forest

    Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert is pulling her new novel from publication after Ukrainian readers expressed “anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain” about her decision to set a book in Russia.

    Gilbert’s The Snow Forest is a historical novel set in Siberia, and follows a family of religious Russian fundamentalists who have lived isolated and undetected for 44 years since retreating from the world in the 1930s.

    When they are discovered in 1980 by a team of Soviet geologists, a scholar and linguist is sent to the family’s home to bridge the chasm between modern existence and their ancient, snow forest life.

    Gilbert announced just last week that the book would be released in February 2024.

    However, today she released a video statement on her Instagram account, saying she was “removing the book from its publication schedule”.

    She said over the course of the weekend, after announcing the book, she had “received an enormous, massive outpouring of reactions and responses from my Ukrainian readers expressing anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain about the fact that I would choose to release a book into the world right now, any book, no matter what the subject of it is, that is set in Russia”.

    So she pulled her book from publication because it was "SET IN RUSSIA". "My Ukrainian readers" complaining also seems to have had something to do with it which is pretty sinister but holy crap. What next? Not being able to say the word "Russia"?

    Clearly her "look at me how noble and compliant I am" gesture hasn't gone down exactly as well as she planned...

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/books/2023/jun/13/elizabeth-gilbert-russia-book-snow-forest

    Eat, pray, pander’: mixed reactions after Elizabeth Gilbert pulls Russia-set novel

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