A Russian Immigrant : Three Novellas

Name: A Russian Immigrant : Three Novellas
Brand: Academic Studies Press

Academic Studies Press

A Russian ImmigrantThree Novellas\nAuthor(s): Maxim D. Shrayer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press, United States\nImprint: Cherry Orchard Books\nISBN-13: 9781644690369, 978-1644690369\nSynopsis\nA quietly powerful addition to the canon of migr\nliterature The Moscow Times\n\nNo longer at home in Russia, but not quite assimilated into the American mainstream, the daily lives of Russian immigrants are fueled by a combustible mix of success and alienation. Simon Reznikov, the Boston-based immigrant protagonist of Maxim D. Shrayers A Russian Immigrant, is restless. Unresolved feelings about his Jewish (and American) present and his Russian (and Soviet) past prevent Reznikov from easily putting down roots in his new country. \n\nA visit to a decaying summer resort in the Catskills, now populated by Jewish ghosts of Soviet history, which include a famous migr writer, reveals to Reznikov that he, too, is a prisoner of his past. An expedition to Prague in search of clues f.