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Le Nouvel Observateur – Urkas! Itinerary of a perfect bandit Siberian

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Urkas! Itinerary of a perfect bandit Siberian
by Nicolai Lilin
Denoël, performed. from the Italian by Daniel Heller-Roazen, 494 p., 23,50 euros
*** Besides the Siberian Urkas, the Neapolitan Camorra figure is the local Rotary Club. The only trace of humanity in this year exile mafia microsociety Transnistria depuois time Sovet: its members do not use their weapons [...]

Nicolai Lilin: interview with Le Monde – 4 September 2010

Born in Transnistria 1980, Nicolai Lilin grew up in a poor community and delinquent. Aujourd’hui, he lives in Italia and he wrote in Italian "Urkas!», autobiographical novel, translated into 14 languages, where he describes his childhood, he considers, here, «normale»
"The Russians have a problem with freedom"
Interview by Josyane Savigneau

Photos RICHARD [...]