The Gingerbread Race: A Life in the Closing World Once Called Free

Navrozov, Andrei

ISBN 10: 0330326368 / ISBN 13: 9780330326360

Published by Picador Original, London, 1993

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No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Amid the peak of the Cold War's era of confrontational rhetoric, a young man, descended from multiple generations of Russian writers, ventured across the Western border. His exposure to Soviet schooling was nil; instead, he immersed himself in Xenophon's works during idyllic summers spent in a secluded enclave near Moscow a place where even figures like Andrei Gromyko, one of Stalin's aides, owned villas. The pursuit of liberty consumed his thoughts, mirroring the aspirations of his father and grandfather. As this longing materialized into reality, what awaited him in New York and London? This book serves as an autobiography of ideas, tracing their births, lives, and historical paths. With an analytical dissection of illusion versus reality, it performs a clinical post-mortem on the once-distinct social entities of the East and West. Moreover, it unapologetically offers a glimpse into their mutual interpretations, showcasing their gradual evolution into a novel social hybrid, unprecedented in its nature. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # 008047

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Gingerbread Race: A Life in the Closing ...

Publisher: Picador Original, London

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

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Synopsis:

At the height of the era of rhetorical antagonism known as the Cold War, a young man, son and grandson of Russian writers, crossed the border to the West. He had never attended Soviet school and spent his childhood reading Xenophon in the fabulous seclusion of a summer enclave near Moscow, where Stalin's henchmen, like Andrei Gromyko, had their villas. Escape to freedom was an obsessive dream, as it had been his father's and grandfather's. What would he find in New York and London, when this dream came true? If ideas are born, live and have a history, this book is an autobiography of ideas. Dissecting illusion with reality, the book is a clinical post-mortem of the social organisms once known as the East and the West. It is also a ruthless glimpse of their mutual interpretation, and gradual transformation into a social hybrid with precedent.