Mud and Stars, Wheeler, Sara

Автор: Wheeler, Sara
Название: Cherry
ISBN: 0099437538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099437536
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Описание: Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. `But we kept our tempers,` Cherry wrote, `even with God.`After serving in the First War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of his neighbour Bernard Shaw he wrote a masterpiece.

Автор: Wheeler, Sara
Название: Mud And Stars
ISBN: 052556540X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525565406
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: ONE OF SMITHSONIAN'S BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Searching for a Russia not in the news, author Sara Wheeler embarks on an adventure inspired by the country's great literary legacy. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, Wheeler travels from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nation­alities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. With her, we see the fabled Trigorskoye ("three hills") estate that Pushkin frequented during his exile, now preserved in his honor. We look for Dostoevsky along the waters of Lake Ilmen, site of the only house the restless writer ever owned. We pay tribute to the single stone that remains of Tol­stoy's birthplace. Wheeler weaves these writers' lives and works around their historical homes, giving us rich portraits of the many diverse Russias from which these writers spoke.

As she travels, Wheeler follows local guides, boards with families in modest homestays, eats roe and pelmeni and cabbage soup, invokes recipes from Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, learns the language, and observes the pattern of outcry and silence that characterizes life under Vladimir Putin. Illustrated with both historical images and contemporary snapshots of the peo­ple and places that shaped her journey, Mud and Stars gives us timely, witty, and deeply personal insights into Russia, then and now.