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Emil Draitser - Laughing All the Way to Freedom, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Laughing All the Way to Freedom

The Americanization of a Russian Emigre

Av Emil Draitser

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A sequel to the author's autobiographical trilogy--Shush! Growing up Jewish under Stalin, In the Jaws of the Crocodile, and Farewell, Mama Odessa--this book is part memoir and part cultural study about the challenges of immigration and American accculturation. With self-deprecating humor, the author, a former Soviet satirist who was punished for trespassing the boundaries of public criticism, recollects his growing pains as he overcame his indoctrinated upbringing in a totalitarian society to embrace America's defining values.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-01-25
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 12 mm
  • Vikt: 313 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 231
  • Förlag: McFarland & Co Inc
  • ISBN: 9781476692982
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Professor emeritus at Hunter College of the City University of New York, Emil Draitser is an award-winning author of artistic and scholarly prose. Besides his 16 books, he has published essays and short stories in the Los Angeles Times, Partisan Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Prism International, World Literature Today, and others. He lives in West New York, New Jersey.

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“Part memoir, part comparative psychology, part humor anthology,Laughing All the Way to Freedom is a fascinating delight. While recalling his early and lasting impressions of his adopted country, Draitser subjects his own formidable oeuvre as a satirical author—both pre- and post-emigration—to an insightful re-examination. While revisiting these wonderful texts, he gives us a sincere and illuminating retrospective account of the immigrant experience, including the mixed joy and apprehension of unexpectedly being able to visit his homeland (and beloved city of Odessa) again, after having found the courage to leave it forever. The recent and ongoing terrible events in Ukraine and Russia give the book an additional, almost unbearable poignancy.”—Dr. Seth Graham, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies

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