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A Terrible Country.

By: Gessen, KeithMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781910695777Genre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Terrible CountryDDC classification: 813.6 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- PRAISE -- TITLE PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PART I -- I: I MOVE TO MOSCOW -- II: MY GRANDMOTHER -- III: A TOUR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- IV: I TRY TO FIND A HOCKEY GAME -- V: I TRY TO MAKE SOME FRIENDS -- VI: I GO CLUBBING -- VII: WE GO TO THE BANK -- VIII: MY GRANDMOTHER DEMANDS SOME SLIPPERS (FROM BELARUS) -- IX: DIMA COMES TO MOSCOW -- PART II -- I: IT GETS COLD OUT -- II: I EXPAND MY SOCIAL CIRCLE -- III: I ATTEND A DINNER PARTY -- IV: REVELATION -- V: I GET SICK -- VI: OCTOBER -- VII: SERGEI'S PARTY -- VIII: MY GRANDMOTHER FALLS DOWN THE STAIRS -- IX: HOUSEKEEPING -- X: SHIPALKIN FOILS MY PLANS -- XI: TO CHEER OURSELVES UP, WE GO SHOPPING -- XII: I ENLIST -- PART III -- I: YULIA -- II: MY GRANDMOTHER THROWS A PARTY -- III: I LAND AN INTERVIEW -- IV: I CONFRONT EMMA ABRAMOVNA -- V: PROMISES -- VI: SUMMERTIME -- VII: END OF A BEAUTIFUL ERA -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- COPYRIGHT.
Summary: Capturing with a miniaturist's brush the unfolding demands of family, fortune, personal ambition, ideology, and desire, A Terrible Country is a compelling novel about ageing, radical politics, Russia at a crossroads, and the difficulty - or impossibility - of actually changing one's life.
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Intro -- PRAISE -- TITLE PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PART I -- I: I MOVE TO MOSCOW -- II: MY GRANDMOTHER -- III: A TOUR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- IV: I TRY TO FIND A HOCKEY GAME -- V: I TRY TO MAKE SOME FRIENDS -- VI: I GO CLUBBING -- VII: WE GO TO THE BANK -- VIII: MY GRANDMOTHER DEMANDS SOME SLIPPERS (FROM BELARUS) -- IX: DIMA COMES TO MOSCOW -- PART II -- I: IT GETS COLD OUT -- II: I EXPAND MY SOCIAL CIRCLE -- III: I ATTEND A DINNER PARTY -- IV: REVELATION -- V: I GET SICK -- VI: OCTOBER -- VII: SERGEI'S PARTY -- VIII: MY GRANDMOTHER FALLS DOWN THE STAIRS -- IX: HOUSEKEEPING -- X: SHIPALKIN FOILS MY PLANS -- XI: TO CHEER OURSELVES UP, WE GO SHOPPING -- XII: I ENLIST -- PART III -- I: YULIA -- II: MY GRANDMOTHER THROWS A PARTY -- III: I LAND AN INTERVIEW -- IV: I CONFRONT EMMA ABRAMOVNA -- V: PROMISES -- VI: SUMMERTIME -- VII: END OF A BEAUTIFUL ERA -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- COPYRIGHT.

Capturing with a miniaturist's brush the unfolding demands of family, fortune, personal ambition, ideology, and desire, A Terrible Country is a compelling novel about ageing, radical politics, Russia at a crossroads, and the difficulty - or impossibility - of actually changing one's life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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