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Books: Cooking by Cuisine -> Cooking Russian
The Other Side of Russia: A Slice of Life in Siberia and the Russian Far East (Eastern European Studies (College Station, Tex.), No. 21.)
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by:
Hudgins, Sharon
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Publisher:
Texas AandM University Press
Published: April 1, 2003
ISBN: 1585442372
Format:Hardcover
Pages:319
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Book Description
Library Journal
". . . useful explanations about the history and development of these regions. . . . Readers will enjoy Hudgins's lively narrative style. . . ."---Library Journal
Product Description:
Award-winning author Sharon Hudgins takes
readers on a personal adventure through the Asian side of Russia-from the "high-rise villages" of Vladivostok and Irkutsk to Lake Baikal and the Trans-Siberian Railroad route. Join her as a guest confronted with exotic dishes at Christmas parties, New
Year's banquets, Easter dinners, and Siberian festivals-and discover what daily life is really like on Russia's "other side."
"Sharon Hudgins has written a vivid and engrossing book about a part of the world that's both geographically and
ethnically complex. She's done much to make the unfamiliar familiar."--Larry McMurtry
"Rare is the person who can step into the wonderland of Siberia and capture the culture and the spirit of its people. Sharon Hudgins has done that and more. . .
. This is a warm, considered, and completely engaging work from start to finish. For those seeking a window into the soul of Siberia, you need look no further."--James A. Cramer, President and CEO, World Learning
". . . an animated examination of
grim, grimy, and unpredictably gracious ordinary life in the extrordinary place she calls Absurdistan."-Alfred Friendly, Jr., coauthor, Ecocide in the USSR, and former Newsweek Moscow Bureau Chief
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