Strannik: (English)

Rakhmanko, A

ISBN 10: 396451005X / ISBN 13: 9783964510051

Published by Rotopol, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strannik: (English)
• Publisher: Rotopol
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: Dutch
• ISBN 10: 396451005X
• ISBN 13: 9783964510051
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 23.2W x 0.9H x 16.7D centimeters 23.2 centimeters width by 0.9 centimeters height by 16.7 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

STRANNIK gives an insight into the everyday life of a homeless 46-year-old martial artist in Russia – a country where millions of people live on the street. Four days of conversations about his dreams, ideas and memories became this documentary short-comic.
In fall 2015 the author Anna Rakhmanko and the illustrator Mikkel Sommer heard about Vyaches-lav, better known as Ali Baba in the ring, for the first time. A few weeks later they met in a café in Moscow where Vyacheslav told them about his life and how it is when all you own fits into a plastic bag. A story about a life that is framed by the stairways of suburban apartment buildings, the noisy fast-food restaurants, the cheap movie theaters, the warm metro, and the endless fights. The three of them spent a few intense days together in Moscow before travelling to a closed off military town in the south of Russia where Ali Baba had his next fight.