To Siberia

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Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 155597001X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Book Synopsis To Siberia by : Per Petterson

Download or read book To Siberia written by Per Petterson and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the town that we could see the black iron crosses painted on the underside of their wings when we leaned out of the windows and looked up. In this exquisite novel, readers will find the crystalline prose and depth of feeling they adored in Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses, a literary sensation of 2007. A brother and sister are forced ever more closely together after the suicide of their grandfather. Their parents' neglect leaves them wandering the streets of their small Danish village. The sister dreams of escaping to Siberia, but it seems increasingly distant as she helplessly watches her brother become more and more involved in resisting the Nazis.

Travels in Siberia

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9781429964319
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (643 download)

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Book Synopsis Travels in Siberia by : Ian Frazier

Download or read book Travels in Siberia written by Ian Frazier and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains In his astonishing new work, Ian Frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, trains his perceptive, generous eye on Siberia, the storied expanse of Asiatic Russia whose grim renown is but one explanation among hundreds for the region's fascinating, enduring appeal. In Travels in Siberia, Frazier reveals Siberia's role in history—its science, economics, and politics—with great passion and enthusiasm, ensuring that we'll never think about it in the same way again. With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberia's most famous exiles, from the well-known—Dostoyevsky, Lenin (twice), Stalin (numerous times)—to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses) to those who experienced unimaginable suffering in Siberian camps under the Soviet regime, forever immortalized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago. Travels in Siberia is also a unique chronicle of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, a personal account of adventures among Russian friends and acquaintances, and, above all, a unique, captivating, totally Frazierian take on what he calls the "amazingness" of Russia—a country that, for all its tragic history, somehow still manages to be funny. Travels in Siberia will undoubtedly take its place as one of the twenty-first century's indispensable contributions to the travel-writing genre.

The Lost Pianos of Siberia

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Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802149308
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lost Pianos of Siberia by : Sophy Roberts

Download or read book The Lost Pianos of Siberia written by Sophy Roberts and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux

Out Stealing Horses

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Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555970702
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Book Synopsis Out Stealing Horses by : Per Petterson

Download or read book Out Stealing Horses written by Per Petterson and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I was spending the summer with my father. I was fifteen. It was 1948 and oneof the first days of July. Trond's friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy ride on "borrowed" horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day—an incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys. Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson begins with an ending. Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated area to live the rest of his life with a quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on that fateful summer.

Return from Siberia

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510763406
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Return from Siberia by : John Shallman

Download or read book Return from Siberia written by John Shallman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the lead-up to the Bolshevik Revolution, one young revolutionary is condemned to exile in Siberia; a hundred years later, his ancestors discover his story and learn just how much history has repeated itself. In the midst of running a long-shot political campaign, Democratic political consultant John Simon discovers a 100-year-old manuscript written by his grandfather Joseph—a brilliant young revolutionary whose exile to Siberia by the last czar of Russia is just the beginning of an extraordinary tale of survival, romance, and revolution. Return From Siberia chronicles not only the Simon family's relationship to each other and the past, but also the remarkable story of a young man who sacrificed everything for his political ideals. As Joseph's manuscript is translated, chapter-by-chapter, the Simon family is pulled deep into their ancestor’s story— in particular, the bitter rivalry between two brothers, whose competing visions of the American Dream are played out on the campaign trail and in their lives. Return from Siberia is a timely appraisal of modern politics and society juxtaposed with an inside look into the machinations of a young political mind 100 years ago. The true story documents an extraordinary time of political upheaval in Russia and Europe just prior to World War I while also drawing parallels to current day American politics and the current philosophical and ideological debates about immigration, Democratic Socialism, and Capitalism. Beyond the deep social, political, and philosophical themes, there is romance, adventure, betrayal, suspense, and the struggles of families today and in yesteryear. Return from Siberia illustrates how one modern family's connection to the past helps them resolve their future.

Exiled to Siberia

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Publisher : Crescent Lake Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Exiled to Siberia by : Klaus Hergt

Download or read book Exiled to Siberia written by Klaus Hergt and published by Crescent Lake Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1, 1939, promised to be another beautiful late summer day. Hank slowly walked to his aunt's house for one of her treats anxiously awaiting her call to come in. Already the smell of boiling chocolate wafted through the open kitchen window. "I hope she puts lemon sauce on it," he thought.

Involuntary Journey to Siberia

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Publisher : Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156453936
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (539 download)

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Book Synopsis Involuntary Journey to Siberia by : Andrei Amalrik

Download or read book Involuntary Journey to Siberia written by Andrei Amalrik and published by Harcourt. This book was released on 1971-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amalrik gives a rigorously exact, dispassionate account of his experiences as a nonconformist intellectual in Soviet Russia, including his imprisonment, trial, and exile to Siberia, on a charge of "parasitism." Translated by Manya Harari and Max Hayward; Introduction by Max Hayward.

Storytelling in Siberia

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252099885
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Storytelling in Siberia by : Robin P Harris

Download or read book Storytelling in Siberia written by Robin P Harris and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olonkho , the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia 's Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO 's Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity 's oral and intangible heritage. Drawing on her ten years living in the Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris 's personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainability of the Sakha 's cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples are revitalizing their own intangible cultural heritage.

Sentence, Siberia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
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Book Synopsis Sentence, Siberia by : Ann Lehtmets

Download or read book Sentence, Siberia written by Ann Lehtmets and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Lehtmets is one of the few people alive in the western world to have lived through Stalin's holocaust. This is her tale of survival in a world where existence was difficult for all and deadly for most.

Siberia

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300167946
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Siberia by : Janet M. Hartley

Download or read book Siberia written by Janet M. Hartley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geschiedenis van de bevolking van Siberië.

The History of Siberia

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134207034
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of Siberia by : Igor V. Naumov

Download or read book The History of Siberia written by Igor V. Naumov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of its huge energy reserves, Siberia was at one time part of the Mongol Empire, was settled relatively late by the Russians, and was for a long period a wild frontier zone, similar to the American West. Providing a comprehensive history of Siberia from the very earliest times to the present, this book covers every period of Siberia's history in an accessible way.

Gina from Siberia

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ISBN 13 : 9781947895003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Book Synopsis Gina from Siberia by : Jane Bernstein

Download or read book Gina from Siberia written by Jane Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartwarming story told from Gina's (a terrier) perspective details her family's journey from Cold War Siberia into the USA.

Narrating the Future in Siberia

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Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857457667
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Book Synopsis Narrating the Future in Siberia by : Olga Ulturgasheva

Download or read book Narrating the Future in Siberia written by Olga Ulturgasheva and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. The first full-length ethnographic study among the adolescence of Siberian indigenous peoples, it presents the young people's narratives about their own future and shows how they form constructs of time, space, agency and personhood through the process of growing up and experiencing their social world. The study brings a new perspective to the anthropology of childhood and uncovers a quite unexpected dynamic in narrating and foreshadowing the future while relating it to cultural patterns of prediction and fulfillment in nomadic cosmology. Olga Ulturgasheva is Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She has carried out fieldwork for a decade in Siberia on childhood, youth, religion, reindeer herding and hunting and coedited Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia (Berghahn Books 2012).

Midnight in Siberia

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ISBN 13 : 9781846883705
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (837 download)

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Book Synopsis Midnight in Siberia by : David Greene

Download or read book Midnight in Siberia written by David Greene and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Green decides to travel thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok on the iconic Trans-Siberian line. On the train and in the many Siberian outposts he stops at he meets a wide range of ordinary Russian people - from a group of Beatles-singing babushkas to soldiers and struggling entrepreneurs - with situations arising that are at times comical, awkward or poignant. Travelling in third class, he learns to adhere to the train's unwritten social codes and to navigate the unfamiliar environment of Siberia, occasionally shadowed by security agents.

The House of the Dead

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307958914
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The House of the Dead by : Daniel Beer

Download or read book The House of the Dead written by Daniel Beer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Cundill History Prize The House of the Dead tells the incredible hundred-year-long story of “the vast prison without a roof” that was Russia’s Siberian penal colony. From the beginning of the nineteenth century until the Russian Revolution, the tsars exiled more than a million prisoners and their families east. Here Daniel Beer illuminates both the brutal realities of this inhuman system and the tragic and inspiring fates of those who endured it. Siberia was intended to serve not only as a dumping ground for criminals and political dissidents, but also as new settlements. The system failed on both fronts: it peopled Siberia with an army of destitute and desperate vagabonds who visited a plague of crime on the indigenous population, and transformed the region into a virtual laboratory of revolution. A masterly and original work of nonfiction, The House of the Dead is the history of a failed social experiment and an examination of Siberia’s decisive influence on the political forces of the modern world.

The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia

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Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633860148
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Book Synopsis The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia by : Melissa Chakars

Download or read book The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia written by Melissa Chakars and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buryats are a Mongolian population in Siberian Russia, the largest indigenous minority. The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia presents the dramatic transformation in their everyday lives during the late twentieth century. The book challenges the common notion that the process of modernization during the later Soviet period created a Buryat national assertiveness rather than assimilation or support for the state.

Siberia Bound

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis Siberia Bound by : Alexander Blakely

Download or read book Siberia Bound written by Alexander Blakely and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the adventures of an American entrepreneur in Siberia, where he and Russian partner built a multi-million dollar company, and offers insightsnto the life in Novosibirsk.