I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales) - Notes from a Soviet girl on becoming an American woman

Buy a pair of Levi's, lose the Russian accent, and turn yourself into an American. Really, how difficult could it be?

About the author

Margarita Gokun Silver is a freelance journalist, essayist, and novelist. Her articles and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC, NPR and The Atlantic, among others. Her debut novel Who Is Mr. Plutin? (under the pseudonym Rebecca Strong) was published in 2015.

Find out more about her work on http://www.margaritagokunsilver.com/ and follow Margarita on Twitter @MGokunSilver.

Summary

Buy a pair of Levi's, lose the Russian accent, and turn yourself into an American. Really, how difficult could it be?

Foreword

Buy a pair of Levi's, lose the Russian accent, and turn yourself into an American. Really, how difficult could it be?

Product details

• Authors: Margarita Gokun Silver, Margarita Gokun Silver
• Publisher: Brealey, Nicholas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.07.2021
• EAN: 9781909770669
• ISBN: 978-1-909770-66-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, HISTORY / Jewish, HUMOR / Topic / Politics, Humour, Politics & government, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Social discrimination and equal treatment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination