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Mongolian Études: To the Ends of an Empire: A Remarkable Story Told in Letters, Poems and Prose
Contributor(s): Azarov, Vladimir (Author)
ISBN: 1550963562     ISBN-13: 9781550963564
Publisher: Exile Editions
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Russian & Former Soviet Union
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Poetry
Dewey: 811.6
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
A wonderful look at Soviet-era life as witnessed from the edge of the empire, this book is comprised of letters, poems, and prose pieces that together create a narrative. Through an entirely original form, Vladimir Azarov, who trained to be an architect in Moscow during Stalin's Iron Curtain years, begins with a simple exploratory exchange of letters between him and a faceless bureaucrat during his days overseeing the design and construction of the Soviet Embassy in the isolated republic of Mongolia. What follows is an unfolding sequence that finds Azarov meeting a remarkable Mongolian woman and later discovering the memoirs of one of Russia's greatest poets, Anna Akhmatova, eventually revealing an unlikely love story between the Mongolian woman and Akhmatova's son. This enthralling account serves as both a cultural study and an exploration of the human condition.

Contributor Bio(s): Azarov, Vladimir: - CA