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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

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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Such a shame that this powerful story is read in such a dis-jointed and strangely emphasised manner.. to the point where I found it really hard to follow on audio.

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