Panic in a Suitcase

Name: Panic in a Suitcase
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ISBN: 9781594632143

ISBN-10: 1594632146

ISBN-13: 9781594632143

Edition: 2014

Authors: Yelena Akhtiorskaya

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A dazzling debut novel about a Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American Dream.In this account of two decades in the life of an immigrant household, the fall of communism and the rise of globalization are artfully reflected in the experience of a single family. Ironies, subtle and glaring, are revealed: the Nasmertovs left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a huge sense of finality, only to find that the divide between the old world and the new is not nearly as clear-cut as they thought. The dissolution of the Soviet Union makes returning just a matter of a plane ticket, and the Russian-owned shops in their adopted…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/31/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English