The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street A Russian Adventure

'History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes.' One day in 1988, an enigmatic priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinker's door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. Thirty years later, from his apartment on Tchaikovsky Street in Saint Petersburg, where he lives with his Russian wife and three cats, Pieter reflects on his personal history in the Soviet Union, as well as the century of revolutions that took place in and around his street. A master storyteller, he blends history with memoir to create an ode to the divided soul of Russia and an unputdownable account of his own struggles with life, literature, and love.

ISBN:	9781912854073
Publisher:	Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Imprint:	Scribe UK
Published date:	10 Feb 2022
DEWEY:	947.0854092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	416
Weight:	636g
Height:	163mm
Width:	354mm
Spine width:	37mm

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