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The Hunger Angel: A Novel of the Soviet Gulag by Herta Müller

On May 10, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

It was an icy morning in January 1945 when the patrol came for seventeen-year-old Leo Auberg to deport him to a camp in the Soviet Union. Leo would spend the next five years in a coke processing plant, shoveling coal, lugging bricks, mixing mortar, and battling the relentless calculus of hunger that governed the labor colony: one shovel load of coal is worth one gram of bread.

Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

On April 2, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin’s life unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state. Through Harden’s harrowing narrative of Shin’s life and remarkable escape, he offers an unequaled inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations and a riveting tale of endurance, courage, and survival.

Red Plenty – The Story Of The Soviet Union’s Blind Pursuit Of A Communist Paradise by Francis Spufford

On February 15, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentieth-century magic called “the planned economy,” which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism could never match.

The Orphan Master’s Son: A Young Man’s Journey Through North Korea by Adam Johnson

On January 10, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master’s Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. A towering literary achievement, The Orphan Master’s Son ushers Adam Johnson into the small group of today’s greatest writers.

George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis

On December 9, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

In the late 1940s, George Kennan wrote two documents, the “Long Telegram” and the “X Article,” which set forward the strategy of containment that would define U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union for the next four decades.

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine – A Novel by Alina Bronsky

On July 27, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Rosa Achmetowna, the frightening narrator of Bronsky’s dark and wily latest (after Broken Glass Park), is a difficult person to like, much less love. She lives in a cramped Soviet apartment with her husband, teenage daughter Sulfia, and a nosy, disagreeable roommate.

Fiasco – A Novel With A Kafkaesque Theme by Nobel Prize Winner Imre Kertesz

On June 14, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Translated into English at last, Fiasco joins its companion volumes Fatelessness and Kaddish for an Unborn Child in telling an epic story of the author’s return from the Nazi death camps, only to find his country taken over by another totalitarian government.

A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir by Elena Gorokhova

On February 23, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Growing up during the cold war in Leningrad, Ellen gets in trouble for not following the rules, and her wry, present-tense narrative, both comic and anguished, is not about political intrigues but about the daily detail of her struggle at home and at school. Of course, the government parallels are always there. As her overbearing, protective mother explains, the official rules are simple: “they lie to us, we know they’re lying, they know we know . . .”

The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev by Daniel Treisman

On January 11, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Based on extensive research by an expert with intimate knowledge of the country, the book provides insight into the prospects for democracy in Russia, the challenges and opportunities of doing business there, the wars in Chechnya, and the motives behind Moscow’s foreign policy. The Return is the ultimate accounting of what Russia is today, how it got there, and where it’s going.

Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life

On December 9, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

The acclaimed labor lawyer and prizewinning author Thomas Geoghegan asks: where are we better off—America or Europe? In an idiosyncratic, entertaining travelogue that plays on public policy, Geoghegan asks what our lives would be like if we lived them as Europeans. Sneaking out of his workaholic American life, he takes five trips where he tries to understand so-called European socialism firsthand.

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