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Riot Days

By: Maria Alyokhina
Narrated by: Kate Lock
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina, read by Kate Lock.

From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in a penal colony in the Urals for standing up for what she believed in.

People who believe in freedom and democracy think it will exist forever.

That is a mistake. What happened in Russia - what happened to me - could happen anywhere.

When I was jailed for political protest, I learned that prison doesn't just teach you to follow the rules. It teaches you to think that you can never break them.

It's inevitable that the prison gates will open at some point. But this doesn't mean that you leave the 'prisoner' category and go straight into the category of 'the free'

Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day.

This is the story about how I made a choice.

We are all Pussy Riot

And actions break fear.

'To Back Down an Inch is to Give Up a Mile'.

©2017 Maria Alyokhina (P)2017 Penguin Audio Corruption & Misconduct Freedom & Security Gender Studies Music Politicians Politics & Activism Politics & Government Social Sciences Russia Freedom

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Critic reviews

Reading: RIOT DAYS, by #PussyRiot member MariaAlyokhina. A women's prison memoir like no other! One tough cookie! (@MargaretAtwood)
In oppressive political systems, some of the most effective weapons are sarcasm and dark humour. It is exactly these weapons that are employed by Masha Alyokhina in the brilliantly written Riot Days. Once you begin reading, you are completely disarmed, unable to put it down until the last page (Marina Abramovic)
One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I've read in years. Couldn't put it down. This book is freedom (Chris Kraus, author of 'I Love Dick')
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Loved the narrating - her Russian was spot on!:)
Very good listen and a great insight to this political game.

very interesting read

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my favourite book so this audio is a treat. saw Pussy Riot in London this week amazing.

love it

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Was the appalling Russian accent necessary? No, it took me out of the story and ruined the narrative.
If you can, read the book it's really good.

fantastic book, dreadful voice acting

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Maria Alyokhina’s book is quite fragmentary which makes this a very disjointed listen. She has a good and important story to tell but the audiobook does it a disservice. Bought the book and read that instead!

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