Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story by Maxim D. Shrayer (English) Paperback Book

Description: Leaving Russia by Maxim D. Shrayer A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a Jewish family that never gave up its hopes for a better life. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a Jewish family that never gave up its hopes for a better life. Narrated in the tradition of Tolstoys confessional trilogy and Nabokovs autobiography, this is a searing account of the KGBs persecution of refuseniks, a poets rebellion against totalitarian culture, and Soviet fantasies of the West during the Cold War. Author Biography Born in Moscow in 1967 in a writers family, Maxim D. Shrayer is a professor at Boston College and a bilingual writer and translator. Shrayer has authored over ten books, among them, the memoir Waiting for America, the story collection Yam Kippur in Amsterdam, and the Holocaust study I Saw It. Shrayers Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature won a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, and in 2012, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two daughters. Visit Shrayers website at Review "In his eloquently written memoir . . . Shrayer takes readers on a moving journey back to his Soviet childhood behind the Iron Curtain."—Jewish Journal"Shrayer tarries over the landscapes he loves, the many attitudes toward Jews and being Jewish he experienced, the meaning of coming of ageas a refusenik during the waning days of the Soviet Union, and his own complex . . . emotions about being both Russian and Jewish."—New Jersey Jewish News"An engaging story of growing up as the son of Jewish intellectuals in Moscow who applied for emigration when he was ten to give him a futureas a Jew. . . . Leaving Russia should be assigned reading for anyone interested in the Jewish experience of the twentieth century."—Jewish Book Council Reviews Review Quote In this book, Shrayer describes an emotional journey-not just from Russia to America, but from spiritual darkness into light. The book also explains why Jews felt forced to leave a country they loved, when it grew clear that country would never, could never, love them in return. Details ISBN0815610882 Author Maxim D. Shrayer Publisher Syracuse University Press Series Library of Modern Jewish Literature Year 2017 ISBN-10 0815610882 ISBN-13 9780815610885 Format Paperback Imprint Syracuse University Press Subtitle A Jewish Story Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 43 black & white illustrations, 1 map DEWEY 891.7144 Short Title Leaving Russia Language English Publication Date 2017-01-30 AU Release Date 2017-01-30 NZ Release Date 2017-01-30 US Release Date 2017-01-30 UK Release Date 2017-01-30 Pages 346 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101663248;

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