Midnight in Siberia : a train journey into the heart of Russia
2014
Book
"Travels with NPR host David Greene along the Trans-Siberian Railroad capture an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin. After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country--a 6,000-mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok--to speak with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years. Reaching beyond the headline-grabbing protests in Moscow, Greene speaks with a group of singing babushkas from Buranovo, a teenager hawking 'space rocks' from last spring's meteor shower in Chelyabinsk, and activists battling for environmental regulation in the pollution-choked town of Baikalsk. Through the stories of fellow travelers, Greene explores the challenges and opportunities facing the new Russia--a nation that boasts open elections and new-found prosperity yet still continues to endure oppression, corruption, and stark inequality. Set against the wintery landscape of Siberia, Greene's lively travel narrative offers a glimpse into the soul of twentieth-century Russia--how its people remember their history and look forward to the future"--Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781846883705 (pbk.)
- 9780393239959
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
- Includes index.
- Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary.
Contents:
- Rose
- Sergei
- Boris
- Another Sergei
- Lubov
- Nina
- Alexei
- Vasily
- Galina
- Marina
- Angelina
- Andrei
- Polina
- Ivan
- Tatiana
- Svetlana
- Yet another Sergei
- Taisiya
- Igor
- Olga.
LCCN: 2014029382
Control Number: 1011595
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]Subjects:
- Greene, David, 1976- -- Travel -- Russia (Federation)
- Interviews -- Russia (Federation)
- Railroad travel -- Russia (Federation)
- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
- Russia (Federation) -- Description and travel.
- Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions.
- Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs.
- Social change -- Russia (Federation)
- Social problems -- Russia (Federation)
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