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Entertaining journey through Siberia's history and allure.

If you're intrigued by vast landscapes with a complex history, "Travels In Siberia" might just be the companion for your curiosity. Ian Frazier doesn't just explore Siberia's notorious reputation; he brings to life its human stories and the humor that permeates Russian culture. It's more than travel writing; it's an invitation to experience the "amazingness" of a place marked by beauty and tragedy, often in the same breath.

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Travels in Siberia

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ISBN: 9780374278724
Authors: Ian Frazier
Date of Publication: 2010-10-12
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Travel
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In 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 region's fascinating, enduring appeal. In Travels in Siberia, Frazier reveals Siberia's role in history--its science, economics, and politics--with great passion and enthusiasm, ensuring that we'll never think about it in the same way again. With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberia's most famous exiles, from the well-known--Dostoyevsky, 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 Soviet regime, forever immortalized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago. Travels in Siberia is also a unique chronicle of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, a personal account of adventures among Russian friends and acquaintances, and, above all, a unique, captivating, totally Frazierian take on what he calls the "amazingness" of Russia--a country that, for all its tragic history, somehow still manages to be funny. Travels in Siberia will undoubtedly take its place as one
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Entertaining journey through Siberia's history and allure.

If you're intrigued by vast landscapes with a complex history, "Travels In Siberia" might just be the companion for your curiosity. Ian Frazier doesn't just explore Siberia's notorious reputation; he brings to life its human stories and the humor that permeates Russian culture. It's more than travel writing; it's an invitation to experience the "amazingness" of a place marked by beauty and tragedy, often in the same breath.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.