Far away from the trendy cafes, designer boutiques, and political protests and crackdowns in Moscow, the real Russia exists.
Midnight in Siberia chronicles David Greene's journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway, a 6,000-mile cross-country trip from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok. In quadruple-bunked cabins and stopover towns sprinkled across the country's snowy landscape, Greene speaks with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years.
These travels offer a glimpse of the new Russia--a nation that boasts open elections and newfound prosperity but continues to endure oppression, corruption, a dwindling population, and stark inequality.
We follow Greene as he finds opportunity and hardship embodied in his fellow train travelers and in conversations with residents of towns throughout Siberia.
We meet Nadezhda, an entrepreneur who runs a small hotel in Ishim, fighting through corrupt layers of bureaucracy every day. Greene spends a joyous evening with a group of babushkas who made international headlines as runners-up at the Eurovision singing competition. They sing Beatles covers, alongside their traditional songs, finding that music and companionship can heal wounds from the past. In Novosibirsk, Greene has tea with Alexei, who runs the carpet company his mother began after the Soviet collapse and has mixed feelings about a government in which his family has done quite well. And in Chelyabinsk, a hunt for space debris after a meteorite landing leads Greene to a young man orphaned as a teenager, forced into military service, and now figuring out if any of his dreams are possible.
Midnight in Siberia is a lively travel narrative filled with humor, adventure, and insight. It opens a window onto that country's complicated relationship with democracy and offers a rare look into the soul of twenty-first-century Russia.
Автор: Greene Graham Название: Power and the Glory VC ISBN: 0099286092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099286097 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the `whisky priest`, is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.
Автор: Brian Greene Название: The Fabric of the Cosmos ISBN: 0141011114 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141011110 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: What is reality? Could we exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? What are the limits of the universe? This title takes us on an irresistible and revelatory journey through the biggest of the big questions.
Автор: Greene, Brian Название: Elegant universe ISBN: 009928992X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099289920 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `Compulsively readable...Green threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for holes` New York TimesIn this international bestseller, Columbia University professor Brian Greene provides, in layman`s terms, a comprehensive demystification of string theory.
Автор: Greene, Graham Название: Gun for sale ISBN: 0099286149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099286141 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the Minister for War will have violent repercussions across Europe.
Автор: Greene Graham Название: Dr Fisher of Geneva ISBN: 0099288494 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099288497 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `Manages to say more about love, hate, happiness, grief, immortality, greed and the disgustingly rich than most contemporary English novels three times the length` The TimesDoctor Fischer despises the human race.
Автор: Greene Vanessa Название: Seafront Tea Rooms ISBN: 0751552232 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780751552232 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 9100.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A wonderful and heart-warming novel about female friendship, set on the British coast, from the author of The Vintage Teacup Club.
Автор: Greene Graham Название: End of the Affair ISBN: 009928605X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099286059 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Цена: 6150.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: 'One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language' William Faulkner
Автор: Greene Graham Название: Quiet American ISBN: 0099478390 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099478393 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Discover Graham Green`s prescient political masterpiece`The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American` Ian McEwanInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious `Third Force`.
Автор: Robert W. Greene Название: The Sting Man ISBN: 0241970474 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241970478 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 14070.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: From hustling on the streets of the Bronx to selling bogus businesses and sham investments around the world, Mel Weinberg netted millions of dollars. So legendary were his skills that in the late 1970s he was recruited by the FBI to combat art thieves and counterfeiters. But the trail quickly led to even bigger targets.
Автор: Greene Graham Название: Bookends ISBN: 0140276521 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140276527 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 9670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Cath is scatty, messy and guarded. While Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. They are total opposites - but equally unlucky in love. And they`ve stuck together through thick and thin. Because that`s what best friends do.
Автор: Greene Graham Название: Travels with my aunt ISBN: 0099282585 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099282587 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at his mother`s funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay...
Автор: Niamh Greene Название: Coco`s Secret ISBN: 0241951984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241951989 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 4310.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Coco Swan has always been embarrassed by her name. With a name like Coco, she thinks people expect her to be as exotic and glamorous as the famous designer, not an ordinary-looking small-town antiques dealer who could win an award for living cautiously.
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