Fifty Russian Winters - An American Woman''s Life in the Soviet Union

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Wettlin was an American-born Soviet memoirist and translator, best known for her translations of Russian literature. Klappentext In 1932 Margaret Wettlin left Depression-torn America for the Soviet Union, eager to see for herself if communism was the hope for the future. Planning to remain one year, she fell in love with and married stage director Andrei Efremoff, and stayed on for almost fifty years. This extraordinary memoir is the story of how she and her family - and millions of their fellow citizens - struggled to survive the hardships of famine, repression, war, and terrible purges. Fifty Russian Winters is an incomparable and moving document - the only close-up view we have of Soviet life by an American who spent more than half a lifetime inside Russia and who, as Harrison Salisbury says in his introduction, "kept her heart and mind and eyes open - and remembered". Zusammenfassung A gripping account of Soviet life as experienced by an American who lived for 50 years on an absolutely equal basis with Russians. Packed with details of everyday life from giving birth in a Soviet hospital to living in a Moscow communal apartment. Inhaltsverzeichnis ANTEBELLUM. Into the Rabbit Hole. Finnish Interlude. Origins. Commitment. Autozavod. Mongolia. Back to Moscow. Enemies of the People. Chosen. BELLUM. Fleeing Moscow. Nalchik. Tbilisi. Siberia. Chuvashia. Home Again. POSTBELLUM. The Enemies Return. Darkening Days. Ivy. Contention. A Conclusion. Postscript.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M Wettlin, Margaret Wettlin
• Con la collaborazione di: Harrison Evans Salisbury (Editore)
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.04.1994
• EAN: 9780471028772
• ISBN: 978-0-471-02877-2
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Autobiography: historical, political and military, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era