The Elephant Novel Doesn't Know How Elephants Get Into Their Homes — but They're All Ignored by Writer Sasha Philipenko — About This Transparent Metaphor and Life in Exile.

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His new novel, "The Red Cross", "The Former Son", "Return to Ostrog" has been translated into more than 15 languages and received numerous awards, including Russian: "Russian Prize", "List Polana" and the "Znamya" award. In 2020, the writer participated in protests in Belarus and then left the country for possible persecution. He now lives in exile in Switzerland and criminal proceedings have been instituted against him in his home country.