A Terrible Country
By: Keith Gessen
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
A literary triumph about Russia, family, love, and loyalty--the first novel in ten years from a fou…
Want to Read $ 7.99"Our grandmother lived in the center of Moscow. The rents there were almost as high as Manhattan's. On my PMOOC salary I would be able to rent approximately an armchair."-Keith Gessen, A Terrible Country
"You had to be fundamentally stupid , I sometimes thought, to become the sort of academic specialist that hiring committees liked. You had to be thick somehow. You had to block out all the other things in the world to focus on one narrow, particular thing."-Keith Gessen, A Terrible Country
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1. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
By: Masha Gessen
4.19
Format: 515 pages, Hardcover
The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of … read more
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"...But reason was helpless against demagogy."-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"[Hannah] Arendt wrote about the subjugation of public space - in effect the disappearance of public space, which, by depriving a person of boundaries and agency, rendered him profoundly lonely."-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"Some studies actually showed that that Russian drinkers lived longer than non-drinkers. [Michelle Parsons] suggested an explanation for the apparent vodka paradox: for what it is worth, alcohol may h…"-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"At the time of the October Revolution, the Russian intellectual elite had been both a part and a partner to the European conversation about God, power, and human life. After fifty years of purges, ar…"-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
2. Possessed: The Secret of Myslotch
By: Witold Gombrowicz , J.A. Underwood
3.80
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Smuggling the most up-to-the-minute contraband in antiquated charabancs-that's what I like doing,"… read more
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3. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s
By: Sheila Fitzpatrick
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on moder… read more
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4. The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
By: George Saunders
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
From the New York Timesbestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist… read more
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5. Ours: A Russian Family Album
By: Sergei Dovlatov , Anne Frydman
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Dvenadtsat' glav <>sozdavalis' Dovlatovym v nachale 1980-kh godov kak samostoiatel'nye rasskazy. Ge… read more
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6. A Terrible Country
By: Keith Gessen
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
A literary triumph about Russia, family, love, and loyalty--the first novel in ten years from a fou… read more
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"Our grandmother lived in the center of Moscow. The rents there were almost as high as Manhattan's. On my PMOOC salary I would be able to rent approximately an armchair."-Keith Gessen, A Terrible Country
"You had to be fundamentally stupid , I sometimes thought, to become the sort of academic specialist that hiring committees liked. You had to be thick somehow. You had to block out all the other thing…"-Keith Gessen, A Terrible Country
7. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
8. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
9. I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
By: Elena Kostyuchenko
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented and intimate portrait of Russia and a fearless cri de coeur for journalism in oppo… read more
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10. Daughters of Smoke and Fire
By: Ava Homa
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her… read more
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"Kurdistan won’t be free until women are"-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire
"It's dark comedy, the way tiny tyrants demand democracy."-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire
"Some of the customers would ask me, “Why are Kurds so hated in Turkey and Iraq?"-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire
"If I could pack my unhappiness into snowballs, I would throw them at these people."-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire
11. Tremor
By: Teju Cole
3.69
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, intimate novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violen… read more
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"I had not noticed before how every stretch of this route contains personal memories, how the city is like one of those movies shot in a single take from the window of a moving car."-Teju Cole, Tremor
12. Parasol Against the Axe
By: Helen Oyeyemi
3.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The prize-winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel about competit… read more
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13. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
By: Quinn Slobodian
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas… read more
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14. The Lost Americans
By: Christopher Bollen
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she trave… read more
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15. Enter the Aardvark
By: Jessica Anthony
3.62
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
A young congressman discovers a mysterious stuffed aardvark on his doorstep and sets out on a rip-r… read more
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"... explained to him how nature is not criminal. How common it was for certain African men on expedition to engage in what might be called "reciprocal sex." How it was common for these men to declare…"-Jessica Anthony, Enter the Aardvark
16. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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17. The Season: A Social History of the Debutante
By: Kristen Richardson
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The world of debutantes opens into a revealing story of women across six centuries, their limited o… read more
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18. Tehrangeles
By: Porochista Khakpour
3.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Irani… read more
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19. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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20. Gods Don't Cry
By: Ellen Ryan
3.77
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The ancient gods of Ireland were once worshipped throughout the land. Powerful and brave, they were… read more
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21. Girl Online: A User Manual
By: Joanna Walsh
3.15
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl. The unwritten contract of the interne… read more
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