In Siberia is a portrait of a region rich with history, religions, and a profusion of fascinating peoples and cultures. Traveling alone, Thubron explores this vast territory, talking to anyone he can find about the state of the country today and what it is like to live there. He finds a land of spectacular natural beauty, marked by the horrors of the Gulag and Soviet exploitation of its abundant natural resources. Beneath the permafrost, all too near the surface, lie bones and nuclear waste.And yet in counterpoise to the ...
Read More
In Siberia is a portrait of a region rich with history, religions, and a profusion of fascinating peoples and cultures. Traveling alone, Thubron explores this vast territory, talking to anyone he can find about the state of the country today and what it is like to live there. He finds a land of spectacular natural beauty, marked by the horrors of the Gulag and Soviet exploitation of its abundant natural resources. Beneath the permafrost, all too near the surface, lie bones and nuclear waste.And yet in counterpoise to the horror is the extraordinary human compassion he encounters: Wherever he goes, somebody takes him in and feeds him, no matter how poor they are. Perhaps the core to Siberia for which Thubron is searching turns out to be a desire to believe, a quintessentially Russian hopefulness that is born of faith. Thubron traces it from Dostoevsky through the wreckage of communism to present day Siberia where it appears under other names.
Read Less
Add this copy of In Siberia to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Murray's Book Exchange rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Menominee, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Wheeler Publishing.
Add this copy of In Siberia to cart. $13.61, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Wheeler Publishing.
