Leaving Russia - A Jewish Story

A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a Jewish family that never gave up its hopes for a better life.

About the author

Born in Moscow in 1967 in a writer's family, Maxim D. Shrayer is a professor at Boston College and a bilingual writer and translator. Shrayer has authored over ten books, among them, the memoir Waiting for America, the story collection Yam Kippur in Amsterdam, and the Holocaust study I Saw It. Shrayer's Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature won a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, and in 2012, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two daughters. Visit Shrayer's website at www.shrayer.com.

Summary

A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a Jewish family that never gave up its hopes for a better life.

Product details

• Authors: Maxim D Shrayer, Maxim D. Shrayer
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780815610885
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-1088-5
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Library of Modern Jewish Liter; Library of Modern Jewish Liter; Library of Modern Jewish Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies