Mud and stars : travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age
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New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
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First American edition.
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xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
891.709 WHEELE 2019
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
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Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
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With the writers of the Golden Age as her guidesPushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among othersSara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nationalities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the countrys literary masters. With her, we see the fabled Trigorskoye (“three hills”) estate that Pushkin frequented during his exile, now preserved in his honor. We look for Dostoevsky along the waters of Lake Ilmen, site of the only house the restless writer ever owned. We pay tribute to the single stone that remains of Tolstoys birthplace. Wheeler weaves these writers lives and works around their historical homes, giving us rich portraits of the many diverse Russias from which these writers spoke. As she travels, Wheeler follows local guides, boards with families in modest homestays, eats roe and pelmeni and cabbage soup, invokes recipes from Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, learns the language, and observes the pattern of outcry and silence that characterizes life under Vladimir Putin. Illustrated with both historical images and contemporary snapshots of the people and places that shaped her journey, Mud and Stars gives us timely, witty, and deeply personal insights into Russia, then and now.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wheeler, S. (2019). Mud and stars: travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age (First American edition.). Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wheeler, Sara. 2019. Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia With Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age. Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wheeler, Sara. Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia With Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age Pantheon Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wheeler, Sara. Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia With Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age First American edition., Pantheon Books, 2019.

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