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A powerful documentary of the author's journey to the heart of the new Russia vividly captures the turmoil of this time by bringing to life the people she encountered, including Yakov, who spends half-a-million rubles on a taxi to see a girl in Minsk; Lola, who sleeps with her peers for a share of their dinner; and Viktor, who is haunted by violent memories of military sevice. 12,500 first printing.
Charlotte Hobson spent much of the nineties living and working in Russia. She now lives in Cornwall, England, and divides her time between translating and working on her first novel.
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First US Edition. Type: Hardback First US Edition. First published by Granta, London, UK, 2001. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Pristine ivory cloth over spine with copper titles, copper cloth over boards; tight, solid and square volume. Internals as new. Charlotte Hobson spent much of the 1990s living and working in Russia. This is her record of this tumultuous time, when the dismantling of the Soviet Union is taking place. In Voronezh. a provincial town known for its loamy black earth, the people feel fear and light-headness, exhiliration, uncertainy, hunger--in minus 20 degree weather. They cope by drinking large quantities of vodka and reveling in new-found sexual freedom. The story unfolds as the country is introduced to freedom--and eventually goes from euphoria to despair. 206 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2002, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, New York. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 026449
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. "Black Earth City" is Charlotte Hobson's record of the tumultuous time when the dismantling of the Soviet Union was underway. In Voronezh, a provincial town famous for its loamy black earth, a sense of lightheartedness - part fear, part exhilaration - pervades. The townspeople conquer uncertainty, hunger, and minus-twenty-degree temperatures by drinking huge quantities of black-market vodka and reveling in their newfound sexual freedom. At once loving and sharp-edged, tender and brave, "Black Earth City" reveals a world and a woman as they open up to life. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6951
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