A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past.  In the twilight of the Cold War, nine-year-old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the Soviet border with ...

A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir

This masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to examine a very troubled Russia.  In one of the first 21st-century Russian novels to probe the legacy of the Soviet prison-camp system, a young man travels to the vast wastelands of the Far N...

Oblivion

Welcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, a home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible.  For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis - inestimable ...

Communist Daze

An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing...

The Year of the Comet

In Encyclopedia of a Life in Russia, acclaimed author José Manuel Prieto has masterfully crafted a kaleidoscopic portrait of post-Communist Russia. Strikingly poetic and cleverly humorous, it's the story of two misfits caught between old-world tradit...

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