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Thoughts on: Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine
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Book Review: Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine

Man of la BookAugust 28, 2011

A beautiful book, a lyrical and relatable story of the author who was born in Russia but spent his summers with his grandmother Charlotte Lemonnier

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Book Review: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
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Book Review: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

Man of la BookMay 3, 2011

There are many details about the book which are fascinating, the Bolshoi Ballet, the tryouts, dancing, the life of a ballerina, life in post WWII Russia

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Book Review: A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer
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Book Review: A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer

Man of la BookApril 14, 2011

A Fierce Radiance makes penicillin interesting. Spies, sex, big money, scrupulous industrialists, incorruptible scientist as well as corruptible ones.

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Book Review: Stalina by Emily Rubin
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Book Review: Stalina by Emily Rubin

Man of la BookMarch 23, 2011

“Stalina” by Emily Rubin is the fictional story of a Russian immigrant to the United States. The story takes place after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Book Review: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
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Book Review: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Man of la BookSeptember 15, 2010

The fictional story of Harrison William Sheppard, a quite boy of a dull American bureaucrat and a saucy Mexican mother. Sheppard spends his childhood in Mexico

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Book Review: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
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Book Review: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2010

In Eye of the Red Tsar, a fictional tale with historical accuracy, Sam Eastland introduced his audience to the Tsar’s personal detective Inspector Pekkala

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Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen
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Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen

Man of la BookJuly 13, 2010

A fictional story tells the story of 3 generations of Estonian women (& the men in their lives).The book correspond to the historical events which take Estonia

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