Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 October 2020

Bookreview: Forget Russia

Forget Russia 

written by L.Bordetsky-Williams 

"A fascinating Story"


"Your problem is you have a Russian soul," Anna's mother tells her. In 1980, Anna is a naïve UConn senior studying abroad in Moscow at the height of the Cold War-and a second-generation Russian Jew raised on a calamitous family history of abandonment, Czarist-era pogroms, and Soviet-style terror. As Anna dodges date rapists, KGB agents, and smooth-talking black marketeers while navigating an alien culture for the first time, she must come to terms with the aspects of the past that haunt her own life. With its intricate insight into the everyday rhythms of an almost forgotten way of life in Brezhnev's Soviet Union, Forget Russia is a disquieting multi-generational epic about coming of age, forgotten history, and the loss of innocence in all of its forms.




Review

Russia and its history always have fascinated me very much. That's why
I really wanted to read this novel. 

'Forget Russia' is written very fluently and has strong characters. It is nice to 
feel their emotions and the story - 
about how choices from the past have influences on your present -  
it will touch you very strongly! The book is written with lots of dialogues
that's why I give it a 4.5 rating on 5.

If you like stories about Russia and its history, don't hesitate to buy this book,
it's certainly worth to read. 


The Author

L. Bordetsky-Williams (aka Lisa Williams) grew up in New York City. She is also the author
of The Artist 
as Outsider in the Novels of Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf
(Greenwood Press, 2000) and has 
been inspired by both of these towering authors. 

In 2005, she published a book of creative nonfiction, Letters to
Virginia Woolf (Hamilton Books). 

She is also a poet and has published three poetry chapbooks: 
Sky Studies (Finishing Line Press), 
The Eighth Phrase (Porkbelly Press), 
and In the Early Morning Calling (Finishing Line Press). 

She is a Professor of English and Literary Studies at  Ramapo College of New Jersey. 

She also has a site, check this link



BookSirens

I received an advanced copy for free by BookSirens and I'm leaving this
review voluntarily. So, thank you very much for giving me this
splendid opportunity. 



Source picture: Book Cover 

Sunday, 2 August 2020

Bookreview: The Top 5 Most Famous Queens

Royals and especially the royal history interest me very much. I really
enjoy in taking the opportunity to read books about these fascinating
topics.

This week, I chose the book 'The Top 5 most famous queens' about
Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Elisabeth I, Catherine the Great and Victoria.





The book is edited by Charles River Editors. This is  - according to
Amazon - a digital publishing  company that creates compelling,
educational content.

It is a bit of a spoiler that the names of The Top 5 of the Most famous
queens are already released on the bookcover. However the 5 biographies
are interesting though short stories.

The Top 5 of the Most Famous Queens also is written very clear and
fluently, so it is pleasant to read.

Is the book to recommend? Well, sure it is! Especially for royal history
fans, but it wasn't specialized.

 Nevertheless, I'm happy, I read this book.



Source picture: Bookcover
I read this book via Koboplus and bol.com.