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A striking human situation, so talentedly found, so artistic, metaphorical, strong that it is impossible not to remember the plot of Dante … This is at the same time a book of farewell and a chronicle of relocation into a different world.
– Oleg Dorman, film director
The strength of this book lies primarily in the blooming neoproustian prose of the Schraer, a brilliant dynamic, permeated shock of recognition and richly colored with landscapes, descriptions and copyright digressions. The narrator and his stories captivate and fascinate.
– Sam Cole, Providence Journal
What is the book “In anticipation of America”
The autobiographical book of the Russian-American writer Maxim D. Schrara was written in English and was published in the USA in 2007 under the name “Waiting for America”. In the summer of 1987, a twenty -year -old young man, the main character of the book, leaves Moscow with his parents and emigrates west. The past of the Jewish family fit in five baggage suitcases. Behind – years of refusal, ahead – complete unknown …
Author
Schraer Maxim D.
Editor
Savina M.
Publisher
Alpina non-fiction, 2013
Genre
Memoirs
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