Travels in Siberia
Ian Frazier, "Travels in Siberia"
English | ISBN: 0374278725 | 2010 | 529 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0374278725 | 2010 | 529 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great PlainsIn his astonishing new work, Ian Frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, trains his perceptive, generous eye on Siberia, the storied expanse of Asiatic Russia whose grim renown is but one explanation among hundreds for the regions fascinating, enduring appeal. In Travels in Siberia, Frazier reveals Siberias role in historyits science, economics, and politicswith great passion and enthusiasm, ensuring that well never think about it in the same way again.With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberias most famous exiles, from the well-knownDostoyevsky, Lenin (twice), Stalin (numerous times)to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses) to those who experienced unimaginable suffering in Siberian camps under the Sovi