Petropolis
by:
Anya Ulinich (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670038190 (0670038199)
Publish date: February 15th 2007
Publisher: Viking
Pages no: 324
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Russia,
Modern
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/01/review-petropolis-by-anya-ulinich.html
Petropolis tries very hard to be dark and satirical and paint a picture of America and Russia that is both brutal and touching. It partly succeeds, in that there were many moments in the book that I thought perfectly conveyed the grimness of living in impoverished post-Soviet Russia, and the grimnes...
This book is the last selection from NPR's Bryant Park Project's book club. I never would have chosen it without a recommendation. Surprisingly, I did enjoy it. Ms. Ulinich is a talented young writer. The cold sadness of Russia seeped into my bones as I read this. The heroine is funny, smart, a...
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