The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street - a Russian adventure (Hardcover)

'History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes.' One day in 1988, an enigmatic priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinker's door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. Thirty years later, from his apartment on Tchaikovsky Street in Saint Petersburg, where he lives with his Russian wife and three cats, Pieter reflects on his personal history in the Soviet Union, as well as the century of revolutions that took place in and around his street. A master storyteller, he blends history with memoir to create an ode to the divided soul of Russia and an unputdownable account of his own struggles with life, literature, and love.

General

Imprint:	Scribe Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	Pieter Waterdrinker
Translators:	Paul Evans
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-912854-07-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Dutch
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	1-912854-07-4
Barcode:	9781912854073

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