| Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story Contributor(s): Shrayer, Maxim D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815610882 ISBN-13: 9780815610885 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 8.74" (1.14 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Narrated in the tradition of Tolstoy's confessional trilogy and Nabokov's autobiog-raphy, Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story is a searing account of growing up a Jewish refusenik, of a young poet's rebellion against totalitarian culture, and of Soviet fantasies of the West during the Cold War. Shrayer's remembrances ore set against a rich backdrop of politics, travel, and ethnic conflict on the brink of the Soviet empire's collapse. His moving story offers generous doses of humor and tenderness, counterbalanced with longing and violence. |