Summary
Traveling the vast expanses of Asiatic Russia, Ian Frazier explores the beauty, culture, and history of Siberia. With a never-ending cast of colorful characters, Frazier reveals how Siberia and the rest of Russia have fared since the fall of the Soviet Union. Full description
Summary: |
Traveling the vast expanses of Asiatic Russia, Ian Frazier explores the beauty, culture, and history of Siberia. With a never-ending cast of colorful characters, Frazier reveals how Siberia and the rest of Russia have fared since the fall of the Soviet Union. |
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Physical Description: |
viii, 529 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780374278724 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374278725 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
After his graduation he joined The New Yorker staff and frequently contributes to The Atlantic Monthly. His writing collections Dating Your Mom and Coyote V. Acme earned him a Thurber Prize for American Humor. The Great Plains won a 1990 Spur Award for Nonfiction from the Western Writers of America. Frazier has appeared on the National Public Radio Program A Prairie Home Companion and has acted in Smoke and Blue in the Face, both of which are Wayne Wang and Paul Auster films. (Bowker Author Biography) |