It is September 1991 and the dismantling of the Soviet Union is under way. In Hobson's record of this tumultuous time, she brings readers into the cramped, rundown Hostel no. 4, where international students and locals congregate. At once loving and sharp-edged, tender and brave, "Black Earth City" reveals a world and a woman as they open up to life.
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It is September 1991 and the dismantling of the Soviet Union is under way. In Hobson's record of this tumultuous time, she brings readers into the cramped, rundown Hostel no. 4, where international students and locals congregate. At once loving and sharp-edged, tender and brave, "Black Earth City" reveals a world and a woman as they open up to life.
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Add this copy of Black Earth City: When Russia Ran Wild (and So Did We) to cart. $5.61, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Picador USA.
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Used Very Good in Very Good jacket. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. Remainder mark across the barcode or bottom edge. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First US Edition. First published by Granta, London, UK, 2001. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Pristine ivory cloth over spine with copper titles, copper cloth over boards; tight, solid and square volume. Internals as new. Charlotte Hobson spent much of the 1990s living and working in Russia. This is her record of this tumultuous time, when the dismantling of the Soviet Union is taking place. In Voronezh. a provincial town known for its loamy black earth, the people feel fear and light-headness, exhiliration, uncertainy, hunger--in minus 20 degree weather. They cope by drinking large quantities of vodka and reveling in new-found sexual freedom. The story unfolds as the country is introduced to freedom--and eventually goes from euphoria to despair. 206 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2002, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, New York.
