Summary
From the winner of the Windham Campbell Prize
Shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction, the Community Relations Commission Award in NSW, and the Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year.
I left too early, before tanks rolled into Moscow in 1991, and before Gorbachev was put under house arrest in a failed coup. I left before Russia and Ukraine became separate countries, before the KGB archives were opened, before the Russian version of Wheel of Fortune, before…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741666793 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1741666791 |
| Author: | Maria Tumarkin |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 414g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 162mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
”“For the most part her account is fascinating, even exhilarating, and there is barely a dead word in the book. Tumarkin’s viewpoint is unfailingly insightful with an overlay of pungent Russian humour.” “Age”
”“The literary beauty of “Otherland”is essentially textual: multiple layers of memory and reflection, intertwining historical commentary, cultural and literary criticism, and personal reminiscence. It is at once a roadtrip of anecdotes peppered with yearning and longing as well as a politico-cultural window on a huge part of 20th century history.” “Sydney Morning Herald”
”“The literary beauty of “Otherland” is essentially textual: multiple layers of memory and reflection, intertwining historical commentary, cultural and literary criticism, and personal reminiscence. It is at once a roadtrip of anecdotes peppered with yearning and longing as well as a politico-cultural window on a huge part of 20th century history.” –“Sydney Morning Herald
About The Author
Maria Tumarkin
Born in 1974 in the former Soviet Union in a Ukrainian-Jewish family, which in 1989 immigrated to Australia, Maria has published four books, Traumascapes, Courage, Otherland and most recently Axiomatic. All have received multiple award shortlistings. In 2020 Maria was awarded the prestigious Windham Campbell Prize for non-fiction. She lives in Melbourne.
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