A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Through Elena's captivating voice, we learn not only the personal story of Russia in the second half of the twentieth century, but also the story of one rebellious citizen whose love of a foreign language finally transports her to a new world. 'This moving memoir made me cry' The New York Times
This is a rich experience - a personal journey paralleled by huge national changes and ending in a deeply satisfying portrait of peace in America -- Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes
The story of a young person of sparkling intelligence, full of curiosity about the world, struggling to grow and blossom under a duplicitous, censorious, and unremittingly mean-minded social systemAn enthralling read -- J.M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
In the spirit of Dostoyevsky, it is an endlessly Russian quest for self-redemption . . . I advise you to read the book. It will give you pleasure -- Sergei Khruschchev, son of former Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev
A Mountain of Crumbs is an exquisitely wrought, tender memoir of growing up in the Soviet Union . . . Gorokhova writes about her life with a novelist's gift for threading motives around the heart of a story, following it's plot with a light touch and unwavering honesty. * The New York Times *
Elena Gorokhova has written the Russian equivalent of Angela's Ashes, an intimate story of growing up into young womanhood told with equal grace and humor -- Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate
The story of a young person of sparkling intelligence, full of curiosity about the world, struggling to grow and blossom under a duplicitous, censorious, and unremittingly mean-minded social systemAn enthralling read -- J.M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
In the spirit of Dostoyevsky, it is an endlessly Russian quest for self-redemption . . . I advise you to read the book. It will give you pleasure -- Sergei Khruschchev, son of former Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev
A Mountain of Crumbs is an exquisitely wrought, tender memoir of growing up in the Soviet Union . . . Gorokhova writes about her life with a novelist's gift for threading motives around the heart of a story, following it's plot with a light touch and unwavering honesty. * The New York Times *
Elena Gorokhova has written the Russian equivalent of Angela's Ashes, an intimate story of growing up into young womanhood told with equal grace and humor -- Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate
Elena Gorokhova grew up in St Petersburg, Russia, although for most of her life it was known as Leningrad. At the age of twenty-four she married an American and came to the United States with one twenty-kilogram suitcase to start a new life. Now Elena is a writer and lives in New Jersey.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099537649 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099537648 |
| Title | A Mountain of Crumbs |
| Author | Elena Gorokhova |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2010-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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