The Resource A terrible country : a novel, Keith Gessen
A terrible country : a novel, Keith Gessen
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The item A terrible country : a novel, Keith Gessen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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- Summary
- "When Andrei Kaplan's older brother Dima insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. His girlfriend has stopped returning his text messages. His dissertation adviser is dubious about his job prospects. It's the summer of 2008, and his bank account is running dangerously low. Perhaps a few months in Moscow are just what he needs. So Andrei sublets his room in Brooklyn, packs up his hockey stuff, and moves into the apartment that Stalin himself had given his grandmother, a woman who has outlived her husband and most of her friends. She survived the dark days of communism and witnessed Russia's violent capitalist transformation, during which she lost her beloved dacha. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can't always remember who he is. Andrei learns to navigate Putin's Moscow, still the city of his birth, but with more expensive coffee. He looks after his elderly--but surprisingly sharp!--grandmother, finds a place to play hockey, a cafe to send emails, and eventually some friends, including a beautiful young activist named Yulia. Over the course of the year, his grandmother's health declines and his feelings of dislocation from both Russia and America deepen. Andrei knows he must reckon with his future and make choices that will determine his life and fate. When he becomes entangled with a group of leftists, Andrei's politics and his allegiances are tested, and he is forced to come to terms with the Russian society he was born into and the American one he has enjoyed since he was a kid. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, A Terrible County asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735221314
- Label
- A terrible country : a novel
- Title
- A terrible country
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Keith Gessen
- Subject
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- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- FICTION -- Satire
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Familles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Fiction
- Grandmothers
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Grands-mères -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Identité (Psychologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Moscow (Russia) -- Fiction
- Moscow (Russia) -- Fiction
- 2000-2099
- Political activists -- Russia (Federation) | Moscow -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow
- Russia -- Fiction
- Russian Americans
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Political activists
- Activistes -- Russie | Moscou -- 21e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Andrei Kaplan's older brother Dima insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. His girlfriend has stopped returning his text messages. His dissertation adviser is dubious about his job prospects. It's the summer of 2008, and his bank account is running dangerously low. Perhaps a few months in Moscow are just what he needs. So Andrei sublets his room in Brooklyn, packs up his hockey stuff, and moves into the apartment that Stalin himself had given his grandmother, a woman who has outlived her husband and most of her friends. She survived the dark days of communism and witnessed Russia's violent capitalist transformation, during which she lost her beloved dacha. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can't always remember who he is. Andrei learns to navigate Putin's Moscow, still the city of his birth, but with more expensive coffee. He looks after his elderly--but surprisingly sharp!--grandmother, finds a place to play hockey, a cafe to send emails, and eventually some friends, including a beautiful young activist named Yulia. Over the course of the year, his grandmother's health declines and his feelings of dislocation from both Russia and America deepen. Andrei knows he must reckon with his future and make choices that will determine his life and fate. When he becomes entangled with a group of leftists, Andrei's politics and his allegiances are tested, and he is forced to come to terms with the Russian society he was born into and the American one he has enjoyed since he was a kid. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, A Terrible County asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you."--
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- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gessen, Keith
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Russian Americans
- Grandmothers
- Families
- Identity (Psychology)
- Political activists
- Moscow (Russia)
- Russian Americans
- Grands-mères
- Familles
- Identité (Psychologie)
- Activistes
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Political activists
- Identity (Psychology)
- Families
- Grandmothers
- Russian Americans
- Russia (Federation)
- Grandmothers
- Russian Americans
- Russia
- Moscow (Russia)
- Label
- A terrible country : a novel, Keith Gessen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1038241877
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735221314
- Lccn
- 2018025065
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other control number
- 40028338843
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1038241877
- Label
- A terrible country : a novel, Keith Gessen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1038241877
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735221314
- Lccn
- 2018025065
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other control number
- 40028338843
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1038241877
Subject
- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- FICTION -- Satire
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Familles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Fiction
- Grandmothers
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Grands-mères -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Identité (Psychologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Moscow (Russia) -- Fiction
- Moscow (Russia) -- Fiction
- 2000-2099
- Political activists -- Russia (Federation) | Moscow -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow
- Russia -- Fiction
- Russian Americans
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Satirical literature
- Political activists
- Activistes -- Russie | Moscou -- 21e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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