An Immigrants Love Letter to the Wes..., Konstantin Kisin
An Immigrants Love Letter to the Wes..., Konstantin Kisin
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An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

Author: Konstantin Kisin, Peter Lloyd

Narrator: Konstantin Kisin

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2022


Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'A lively and spirited book' DOUGLAS MURRAY

'A paean to the freedom and dignity that many in the West take for granted' PETER BOGHOSSIAN

'A cool, steady but urgent message that we should value and protect what we have' SPIKED

'Kisin's book [has] a powerful moral quality that makes it worth reading' SUNDAY TIMES

For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty with little access to even the most basic of necessities. It wasn't until he moved to the UK that Kisin found himself thriving in an open and tolerant society, receiving countless opportunities he would never have had otherwise.

Funny, provocative and unswervingly perceptive, An Immigrant's Love letter to the West interrogates the developing sense of self-loathing the Western sphere has adopted and offers an alternative perspective. Exploring race politics, free speech, immigration and more, Kisin argues that wrongdoing and guilt need not pervade how we feel about the West - and Britain - today, and that despite all its ups and downs, it remains one of the best places to live in the world.

After all, if an immigrant can't publicly profess their appreciation for this country, who can?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sian on July 27, 2022

Listened on Audible. Not what I expected at all; I thought this was going to be tales of life in the final days of the USSR. My mistake! Instead it was the author’s views on life in the West. His political views are not very similar to mine, however, I found myself interested in what he had to say.......more

Goodreads review by David on July 14, 2022

No doubt you'll already be aware of whether or not you are going to agree with much of this book. As a long term subscriber/ supporter of the Triggernometry podcast, I can't claim to be an unbiased reviewer - especially since I had the book on pre-order for weeks. Enough to say that I'm a big enough......more

Goodreads review by Cav on March 26, 2024

"The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialisation. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be......more

Goodreads review by Najada on October 23, 2024

The book was amazing, and it had so many valid points that people should be reminded of. However, I want to say that if the book had used a more professional (but simple) approach instead of adding phrases like 'whatever that means' or 'sure, I would know' on every page, it would honestly be a 5-sta......more


Quotes

Kisin has written a lively and spirited book defending the society he is grateful to have found himself in. If I can return the compliment, we are lucky to have him. Telegraph

Kisin's book [has] a powerful moral quality that ultimately makes it worth reading Sunday Times

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West is a paean to the freedom and dignity that many in the West take for granted. With solemnity and irreverence, Kisin, who grew up in the Soviet Union, explains that the loss off liberty is not imprisonment - it is horror. We are not born valuing self-determination, free speech and open inquiry. Each generation must relearn and fight for these values or we will revisit the horrors of the past upon ourselves. This book is a reminder of what's at stake.

Kisin's cool, steady but urgent message, that we should value and protect what we have, could not be more timely amid today's shrill screams about the various 'isms' and 'phobias' of which our country is irredeemably guilty spiked

[Kisin is] a comedian by trade, but a writer by nature . . . powerful . . . a deadly warning which somehow manages to be bright and breezy Spectator

[An] excellent book . . . both a thank-you to the country [Kisin] now calls home and a reminder to many of his generation that they should be careful what they wish for. Daily Mail

An engaging writer with a nice line in self-deprecating wit Mail on Sunday