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Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story (library Of Modern Jewish Literature) by Maxim D. Shrayer is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story (library Of Modern Jewish Literature) about?

Narrated in the tradition of Tolstoy's confessional trilogy and Nabokov's autobiog­raphy, <i>Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story</i> is a searing account of growing up a Jewish refusenik, of a young poet's rebellion against totalitarian culture, and of Soviet fantasies of the West during the Cold War. Shrayer's remembrances ore set against a rich backdrop of politics, travel, and ethnic conflict on the brink of the Soviet empire's collapse. His moving story offers generous doses of humor and tenderness, counterbalanced with longing and violence.

Author

Maxim D. Shrayer

Publisher

Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815610243

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

4.4 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14