The fascinating memoir of a journalist who in 1988 went to the Soviet Union to write about it . . . and fell in love with both Russia and an extraordinary woman. ...Show synopsisThe fascinating memoir of a journalist who in 1988 went to the Soviet Union to write about it . . . and fell in love with both Russia and an extraordinary woman. Sensing that something was happening in the land of Mikhail Gorbachev, Jo Durden-Smith became a part of the lives of a number of Russians, including Yelena, the woman he was to marry.Hide synopsis
Description:A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective...A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good.
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Description:Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear...Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company.
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Description:Very Good in Very Good jacket. 318 Pages. Measures: 5-3/4" x 8-3...Very Good in Very Good jacket. 318 Pages. Measures: 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-library book or a Book Club Edition. Includes preface, 11 chapters, and a photograph and a brief biography of the author. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. 1994. Alfred A. Knopf. N.Y. 1st ed. F/F....Fine in Fine jacket. 1994. Alfred A. Knopf. N.Y. 1st ed. F/F. russian hist.
Description:Fine. 0394582578 Binding, Dustjacket, and Pages in excellent...Fine. 0394582578 Binding, Dustjacket, and Pages in excellent condition. Thanks for your business!
Description:Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾...Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws.......The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear..............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by..
Description:Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine beige pictorial dj. 318 pp....Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine beige pictorial dj. 318 pp. with preface, 11 chapters, and a photograph and a brief biography of the author. The story of the author's fascination with Russia beginning in the early months of glasnost. He met an interpreter for the Soviet film industry, fell in love and married her and they and their daughter ended up living outside Moscow.
Description:Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 318 p...Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 318 p. Audience: General/trade.
Description:VG/VG. 0394582578. True story of a man who fell in love with his...VG/VG. 0394582578. True story of a man who fell in love with his Russian translator, and the Russia. Ex Library with all the marks and stickers.; Ex-Library; 8vo.
Description:Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BE5-A hard...Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BE5-A hard cover first American edition book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in dark red paper covered boards quarter bound in tan cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front and a gold graphic on the front with very minor overall shelf wear plus a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket is in very good condition with minor overall shelf wear plus some very light edge wear around the spine top and bottom edges plus a very small (less than 0.25") closed tear at the back bottom right corner. The story of the author's fascination with Russia beginning in the early months of glasnost. He met an interpreter for the Soviet film industry, fell in love and married her and they and their daughter ended up living outside Moscow. By the author of "Who Killed George Jackson? " and the co-author of "Sex and the Brain. " 318p.
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Description:F/NF; Fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket with a tad...F/NF; Fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket with a tad of rubbing. 0394582578.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. A 318 page memoir of how the author met...Fine in Fine jacket. A 318 page memoir of how the author met his wife in Russia. Dust jacket is enclosed in a clear mylar cover.
Description:Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book...Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is just slightly rubbed at extremities with gift inscription on first page else clean, straight and tight. The price-clipped dustjacket is slightly rubbed at extremities with a crease on the front wrap and a minor crease on the front and a snag at the top of the spine. Now in acid-free Brodart.
Description:VG+/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 318pgs DJ rubbed/scratched on rear cover &...VG+/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 318pgs DJ rubbed/scratched on rear cover & a 1/4"red dot on bottom page ends, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, DJ tears etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0394582578.
Description:New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Cloth spine & boards, fine in d...New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Cloth spine & boards, fine in d/w, pp. xii, 318. ISBN 0-394-58257-8. The author travelled to Russia to write an article for a travel magazine, and ended up marrying a Russian woman and living on the outskirts of Moscow. A fascinating insight into post-communist Russia.
Description:The author recounts his time living in Russia, and the people...The author recounts his time living in Russia, and the people and their lives, good to very good in dust jacket.
