Philosophy:An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

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Short description: Book by Konstantin Kisin
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Picture of the front cover of the book, in a red Soviet style, giving the title and author
AuthorKonstantin Kisin
Audio read byKonstantin Kisin
LanguageEnglish
Published14 July 2022
PublisherConstable
Pages210
AwardsSunday Times bestseller
ISBNISBN:9781408716045

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West is a 2022 non-fiction book written by Russian-British comedian and political commentator Konstantin Kisin.[1][2] The book became a Sunday Times bestseller in the first week of its publication.[3]

Premise

The book sets out to discuss themes including free speech and cancel culture through the perspective of an Eastern bloc immigrant.[4] It particularly addresses why the west has a negative view of itself, and why that is self-destructive.[5]

Reception

The Daily Telegraph rated the book 5*,[5] and has a score of 4.41 (out of 5) on Goodreads.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Richardson, Jay (2 November 2021). "Konstantin Kisin to publish debut book". British Comedy Guide. https://www.comedy.co.uk/shop/news/6599/konstantin-kisin-book/. 
  2. ↑ Burchill, Julie (30 July 2022). "Is self-loathing the British disease?". The Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-self-loathing-now-the-british-disease/. 
  3. ↑ Hamilton, Matthew. "'An Immigrant's Love Letter To Love West' by Konstantin Kisin goes into the Sunday Times bestseller list at No 5 | The Hamilton Agency" (in en-GB). https://thehamiltonagency.co.uk/an-immigrants-love-letter-to-love-west-by-konstantin-kisin-goes-into-the-sunday-times-bestseller-list-at-no-5/. 
  4. ↑ Owolade, Tomiwa (10 July 2022). "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West by Konstantin Kisin". The Sunday Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/an-immigrants-love-letter-to-the-west-by-konstantin-kisin-llnhklf28. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murray, Douglas (3 July 2022). "Take it from a Russian – the alternative to Western democracy is far, far worse". The Telegraph. 
  6. ↑ "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West". https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60504972. 



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