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Mastering the art of Soviet cooking : a memoir of love and longing
Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally, intolerable. |
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338). |
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9780307886811 0307886816 9780307886828 0307886824 9780307886835 (ebk.) 0307886832 (ebk.) |