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All Russians Love Birch Trees (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590515846)
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xAn award-winning debut novel about a quirky immigrant's journey through a multicultural, post-nationalist landscape
Set in Frankfurt, All Russians Love Birch Trees follows a young immigrant named Masha. Fluent in five languages and able to get by in several others, Masha lives with her boyfriend, Elias. Her best friends are Muslims struggling to obtain residence permits, and her parents rarely leave the house except to compare gas prices. Masha has nearly completed her studies to become an interpreter, when suddenly Elias is hospitalized after a serious soccer injury and dies, forcing her to question a past that has haunted her for years. Olga Grjasnowa has a unique gift for seeing the funny side of even the most tragic situations. With cool irony, her debut novel tells the story of a headstrong young woman for whom the issue of origin and nationality is immaterial--her Jewish background has taught her she can survive anywhere. Yet Masha isn't equipped to deal with grief, and this all-too-normal shortcoming gives a particularly bittersweet quality to her adventures.
Author: Olga Grjasnowa
ISBN-10: 1590515846
ISBN-13: 9781590515846
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.57w x 0.85d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2013 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 09/23/2013
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Shelf Awareness 01/10/2014
Set in Frankfurt, All Russians Love Birch Trees follows a young immigrant named Masha. Fluent in five languages and able to get by in several others, Masha lives with her boyfriend, Elias. Her best friends are Muslims struggling to obtain residence permits, and her parents rarely leave the house except to compare gas prices. Masha has nearly completed her studies to become an interpreter, when suddenly Elias is hospitalized after a serious soccer injury and dies, forcing her to question a past that has haunted her for years. Olga Grjasnowa has a unique gift for seeing the funny side of even the most tragic situations. With cool irony, her debut novel tells the story of a headstrong young woman for whom the issue of origin and nationality is immaterial--her Jewish background has taught her she can survive anywhere. Yet Masha isn't equipped to deal with grief, and this all-too-normal shortcoming gives a particularly bittersweet quality to her adventures.
Author: Olga Grjasnowa
ISBN-10: 1590515846
ISBN-13: 9781590515846
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.57w x 0.85d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2013 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 09/23/2013
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Shelf Awareness 01/10/2014
By Olga Grjasnowa
xOlga Grjasnowa was born in 1984 in Baku, Azerbaijan, grew up in the Caucasus, and has spent extended periods in Poland, Russia, and israel. She moved to Germany at the age of twelve and is a graduate of the German institute for Literature/Creative Writing in Leipzig. In 2010 she was awarded the Dramatist Prize of the Wiener Wortst?tten for her debut play, Mitfühlende Deutsche (Compassionate Germans). She is currently studying dance science at the Berlin Free University. Eva Bacon studied German and English Literature at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and has worked as an international literary scout. This is her first translation of a novel. She lives in Brooklyn.
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