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(FG47, $29.95)   The Black Sea, A History  •  Charles King HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES This brisk narrative history takes in the history, culture and politics of the region from 700 B.C. to the 1990s. King argues that, like the Mediterranean, the Black Sea unites diverse languages and cultures (Greek, Roman, Armenian, Persian, Scythian, Byzantine, Ottoman, Tatar and Mongol). The book opens with a chapter on Pontus Euxinus, an ancient Greek site along the shores of the Black Sea. Charles King is a professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. With four maps and 15 black-and-white photographs. (EUR173, $35.00)   Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays  •  Stanislaw Baranczak CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 258 PAGES Poet and professor Stanislaw Baranczak, a fixture on the Eastern European intellectual scene in the second half of the 20th century, reflects on writers and writing in this collection of stimulating and insightful essays. (EUR139, $12.50)   Burning Lights  •  Bella Chagall  •  Marc Chagall  •  Norbert Guterman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1988 •  PAPER  • 268 PAGES A memoir of growing up in the city of Vitebsk, Belarus in the beginning of the 20th century. Illustrated by the author's husband (famous artist Marc Chagall), this is a woman's story of life in traditional Belorussian society. (RUS122, $19.00)   Bury Me Standing  •  Isabel Fonseca CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 322 PAGES The Roma, as the Gypsies call themselves, have a long tradition in Eastern European culture -- influencing the music, foods, religious and folk traditions. This is an excellent book on the evasive subject of Roma culture in Eastern Europe, painstakingly researched by Ms. Fonseca as she traveled and lived among Gypsies. Black-and-white photos help give a human face to the conditions of the Roma, their history among the settled peoples of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany and the prospects for their cultural survival in the "new" Eastern Europe. (EUR09, $16.00)   Catherine the Great  •  Henri Troyat BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1994 •  PAPER  • 377 PAGES One of the world's most notable biographers creates a grand portrait of a great monarch. This Russian-born French biographer of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Gogol weaves a rich tapestry of history that reads like a novel. Seizing power from her husband and second cousin Peter III, Catherine fights and beats the Turks, defeats rebellion, partitions Poland, raises the prestige of Russia in Europe by corresponding with French philosophers and buying western art, and brings vast new lands under her 34-year reign. (RUS10, $20.00)   Central Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2010 •  MAP This colorful regional European map, like the sister map Europe Grand Tour (EUR185), covers from Paris and Amsterdam to Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Rome and Dubrovnik. One Side. 49x34 inches. (EUR12, $14.95)   Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends  •  Lonnie Johnson HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 382 PAGES An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. From medieval to modern times, the formative historical events of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia, are all introduced. Johnson is especially successful in analyzing the struggle of small nations in the face of imperial powers and how these experiences have created a diverse European heritage. With maps. Awarded an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by Choice. (EUR69, $47.25)   A Century of Ambivalence, The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present  •  Zvi Y. Gitelman HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 321 PAGES A strikingly illustrated history of Jewish life in Russia, originally published in 1988 and expanded for this second edition. With two new chapters on the fate of Jews and Judaism in the former Soviet Union, 200 black-and-white photographs from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and three maps. Zvi Gitelman is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. (RUS172, $24.95)   Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe  •  Glynis Ridley HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES The entertaining history of a most unusual eighteenth-century European celebrity. Clara the Indian rhinoceros was brought to Europe in 1741 by the Dutch sea captain Douwemout Van der Meer, and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of heads of state such as Louis XV and Frederick the Great. A marvelous and unique look at the introduction of Eastern wildlife into the Western world. (FRN536, $12.00)   Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856  •  Trevor Royle HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 564 PAGES A well-researched military and diplomatic history of the Crimean War. Thorough and detailed yet readable, Royle's battlefield descriptions are especially well-done. (CCS33, $35.00)   Defiance, The Bielski Partisans  •  Nechama Tec HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Led by Tuvia Bielski and his brothers, a group of Jews in 1940s Belorusssia, known as the Bieleksi Partisans, mounted an armed rescue Jewish Europeans, saving hundreds from the Holocaust. This is their story, as gathered through interviews by Holocaust surviver Nechama Tec. (RUS120, $14.95)   Eastern Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt MAP A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Black Sea. Place names are in the local language and Cyrillic. One Side. 49x34 inches. (EUR36, $14.95)   Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village  •  Serge Schmemann CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1999 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist based in Moscow, draws on his knowledge of Russia, family photographs, letters and memoirs to tell the story of the czarist past and present realities of his ancestral home outside Moscow. (RUS27, $19.00)   Fathers and Sons  •  Ivan Turgenev LITERATURE •  1975 •  PAPER  • 295 PAGES This book is the original exploration of the generation gap, where the progressive, atheistic and scientific nihilism of the radical Bazarov clashes with the traditional values of his elders. The most accessible of the great Russian novelists, Turgenev was the first to create the modern revolutionary, the outsider, and the first to structure his story around the psychology of his characters instead of plot. More accurately translated than other Turgenev classics (RUS19, $13.00)   Flashman at the Charge  •  George MacDonald Fraser LITERATURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES In this installment in the rollicking, masterfully researched series of historical novels, our disreputable hero finds himself in Crimea -- and a participant in the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade. Once again, Fraser takes the opportunity to poke holes in British legend (and vanity). (CCS29, $16.00)   From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories  •  Carl Proffer ANTHOLOGY •  1969 •  PAPER  • 468 PAGES This anthology stands out by including a broad selection of literary masterpieces from the earliest Russian prose to the years before the revolution, the best short works by each of the authors, and reliable translations of such masterpieces as Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades," Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych," Gogol's "The Overcoat," and several of Chekhov's best-loved stories. (RUS08, $24.00)   The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral  •  Robert A. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 294 PAGES Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview. (EUR190, $21.95)   Growing Pains, Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993  •  Jerry F. Hough  •  Timothy J. Colton HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 745 PAGES An in-depth analysis of Russia's 1993 election -- the first since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- with attention given to campaigns, parties, personalities and the electoral process. (RUS75, $26.95)   The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism  •  Tina Rosenberg CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 437 PAGES In this groundbreaking book, a journalist reports on how the newly democratized people of East Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have confronted the horrors of their former governments. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. (EUR54, $17.95)   Here Is Where We Meet  •  John Berger LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $15.00)   Historical Atlas of Central Europe  •  Paul Mogocsi HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES An influential, authoritative survey of maps and shifting borders in the region from the Middle Ages until the present. With dozens of superb color maps illuminating the history and ethnic complexity of this bewildering part of the world. The atlas covers the region from Poland, Lithuania, and the eastern part of Germany to Greece and western Turkey and extends in time from the early fifth century to the present. (EUR33, $45.00)   The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture  •  James H. Billington HISTORY •  1970 •  PAPER  • 786 PAGES From Kievan beginnings through 600 years to the Soviet era, this book presents the intellectual currents that have shaped Russia and her traditions. It's a cultural and artistic history, written by the Librarian of Congress: a comprehensive, intellectual investigation of the spiritual and ideological forces that led to the development of Russia. (RUS09, $24.00)   Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment  •  Larry Wolff HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 419 PAGES A scholarly analysis and history of European geopolitics during the Age of Enlightenment. The author, a professor of history, looks back to Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century. With chapters on 18th-century literature, fantasy and folklore, travelers and voyages. Recommended for intellectually minded travelers with a serious interest in geography, this book sheds light on widely shared conventions about Eastern Europe. (EUR34, $30.95)   The Jew in the Modern World, A Documentary History  •  Paul Mendes-Flohr  •  Johan Reinhard RELIGION •  1995 •  PAPER  • 741 PAGES A big collection of primary documents on Jewish thought and history in the modern period. It's a sourcebook (and popular university text) illustrating the transformation of religion, culture, and identity from the 17th century to 1948. With chapters on political emancipation in Western Europe, reform and conservatism, Jewish studies, identity, antisemitism, Eastern Europe Jewry, Zionism and the Holocaust. (GEN224, $69.95)   Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia  •  Suzanne Massie HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE An engaging illumination of 19th-century Russian cultural life and history by an avowed Russophile. Massie rewards with careful attention to telling details as well as to the larger movements in pre-Revolutionary Russian art, literature, cuisine, and daily life. (RUS21, $35.00)   Lenin's Tomb  •  David Remnick HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 588 PAGES A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. Highly recommended. (RUS07, $17.00)   Lonely Planet Russia  •  Richard Nebesky GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 788 PAGES A practical guide to Russia, featuring a good overview of culture and history and, more significantly, detailed travel information on where to go and what to do. (RUS82, $29.99)   Lonely Planet Ukraine  •  Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 292 PAGES This comprehensive practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes local and regional color maps, a section of photographs, and chapters on history, culture and attractions. (RUS425, $24.99)   The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague  •  Timothy Garton Ash HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 167 PAGES A vividly reported eyewitness account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other dramatic events of 1989 by an astute journalist and historian of Central Europe. With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, it's a good introduction to these vibrant cities during a time of great change. (GER36, $15.00)   Mammals of Europe  •  Priscilla Barrett  •  David W. MacDonald FIELD GUIDE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior. (FG61, $38.50)   Nicholas and Alexandra  •  Robert Massie HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 613 PAGES This is a fairy tale of true love turned tragic as Tsar Nicholas II, the handsome ruler of one-sixth of the earth, carries on the royal Russian tradition of marrying a German princess, Alexandra of Hesse. Their union produces four daughters and a hemophiliac son, the tsarevitch Alexis, whose disease only the evil monk Rasputin can treat. The stage is set for the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and imperial Russia and the coming of Communism. This entertaining and well-researched history traces the royal relationship and explores how a disease determined the destiny of rulers, the disintegration of the empire, and the course of Russian history. (RUS69, $20.00)   Noah's Flood, The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History  •  William Ryan  •  Walter Pitman SCIENCE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A riveting tale interweaving biblical history, marine geology, archaeology and mythology. The authors are scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. They marshal convincing evidence to show that indeed there was a flood -- and a huge one -- when the Black Sea was breached by the Mediterranean 7,600 years ago. (BLK42, $19.99)   Odessa Memories  •  Patricia Herlihy  •  Nicolas Iljine CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 194 PAGES • COMING IN An album and portrait of pre-1917 Odessa, this lovely book shows the thriving city on the Black Sea at its height, a cosmopolitan city and window on the West that rivaled St. Petersburg. Historian Patricia Herlihy provides an essay on the cultural life of the city and, in particular, the Jewish life of Old Odessa. With 219 illustrations, 169 in color. Other contributors include Bel Kaufman, Sholem Aleichem's granddaughter; Odessa historians Oleg Gubar and Alexander Rozenboim; and translator Antonina Bouis. (RUS262, $40.00)   Peter the Great, His Life and World  •  Robert Massie BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1986 •  PAPER  • 960 PAGES A Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling history of the great Westernizer of Russia. Massie portrays a giant of history on the monumental canvas of Europe as he transforms Russia from backwater tsardom to major empire. In this massive chronicle, he tells of Peter the Great as he travels incognito to the West, builds Russia's navy, defeats Sweden, moves the capital of the country to the newly created St. Petersburg, and modernizes Russia. (RUS11, $8.99)   Peter the Great, His Life and World  •  Robert Massie BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2011 •  PAPER  • 914 PAGES A Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling history of the great Westernizer of Russia. Massie portrays a giant of history on the monumental canvas of Europe as he transforms Russia from backwater tsardom to major empire. In this massive chronicle, he tells of Peter the Great as he travels incognito to the West, builds Russia's navy, defeats Sweden, moves the capital of the country to the newly created St. Petersburg, and modernizes Russia. (RUS48, $21.00)   Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia  •  David Remnick HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES Remnick, the Washington Post reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize for Lenin's Tomb (on the fall of the Soviet Union), insightfully explores the powers shaping a new Russia. Remnick focuses on the emergence of a new power elite, but does not neglect the effect of these changes on the welfare of the Russian people. Chronologically, the book follows the ruins of the USSR, up to the 1996 elections. (RUS23, $16.00)   Revolution in Orange, The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough  •  Ander Aslund HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES This scholarly volume explores the role of former president Kuchma and the oligarchs, societal attitudes, political opposition and civil society, importance of the media, and roles of Russia and the West in Ukraine. (UKR15, $16.95)   The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire  •  John Dunlop HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 394 PAGES A modern scholarly history of Russia from Perestroika to the abortive coup of August 1991 and dissolution of the Soviet Union. Dunlop, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, explores Yeltsin's role in resisting Communist resurgence and questions whether new institutions will survive the challenges of democracy in a traditionally undemocratic society. (RUS68, $46.95)   The Romanovs, The Final Chapter  •  Robert Massie HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 308 PAGES Written like a good detective story, this riveting scientific thriller examines the evidence and international dispute linking the skeletons exhumed in 1991 in Siberia with the last of the Romanovs killed in the early period of the Russian Revolution. Are these the remains of the last tsar and his family, and was Anna Anderson really the Grand Duchess Anastasia as she claimed? This book provides definitive answers to one of the most enduring and intriguing mysteries of the 20th century. (RUS14, $16.00)   Russia, A Concise History  •  Ronald Hingley HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES • BEST SELLER A very readable, condensed history of Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire. Well-known scholar Ronald Hingley summarizes the tragic history of Russia from the invasions of the Tartars, Napoleon and Germans to the collapse of the Soviet Union. He doesn't shy from the abuses of power by autocratic tsars and the totalitarian Communist regime. With 205 well-integrated illustrations and four maps. (RUS04, $19.95)   Russia, A History  •  Gregory Freeze HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES An illustrated survey of the full scope of Russian political history with 13 engaging essays by leading specialists; the modern era is given equal weight alongside the medieval and imperial periods. With 16 color plates and 180 illustrations. Second Edition. Gregory Freeze is a professor of history at Brandeis and research associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. (RUS40, $29.95)   Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917  •  Geoffrey Hosking HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 548 PAGES Historian Geoffrey Hosking writes elegently and vehemently on the history of Russia under the czars. Hosking argues that Imperial Russia pursued empire building at the expense of national identity. (RUS29, $26.50)   Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922  •  Camilla Gray  •  Marian Burleigh-Motley ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 324 PAGES A handsome illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series, this book documents a critical period in the history of Russian art in a series of insightful essays and hundreds of color illustrations. Organized chronologically, it's an excellent guide to the extraordinary art of Kasimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, and other masters of the Russian avant-garde. Completely revised for this edition. (RUS17, $19.95)   Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary  •  Hippocrene LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  1994 •  PAPER  • 228 PAGES A handy phrasebook and basic dictionary featuring transliterations of all the Russian words. (RUS65, $11.95)   The Russian Revolution  •  Sheila Fitzpatrick HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 199 PAGES A concise provocative summary of events in Russia between 1917 and 1939, appropriate for the curious general reader and student alike. Fitzpatrick makes an admirable effort to rescue from politics the greatest upheaval of modern times and reclaim it for history. (RUS39, $14.95)   Russian, A Language Map  •  Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2001 •  PLASTIC CARD This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (RUS276, $7.95)   A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian  •  Marina Lewycka LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 294 PAGES When an elderly and newly widowed Ukrainian immigrant announces his intention to remarry a voluptuous old-country gold digger with a proclivity for green satin underwear and an appetite for the good life of the West, his daughters must set aside their longtime feud to thwart him. (UKR22, $15.00)   Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944  •  Walter S. Dunn HISTORY •  2008 •  PAPER  • 252 PAGES A history of the Russian campaign to regain control of Belarus from the invading Germans. A monumental battle staged in 1944, the details of events have finally come to light thanks to the release of previously classified military documents. (RUS121, $16.95)   Ten Days That Shook the World  •  John Reed HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES An eyewitness account of the greatest revolution of the 20th century. This political classic captures the spirit of those heady days of excitement and idealism before disillusion and cynicism set in. Reed, an American journalist, became a hero of the revolution himself and was buried under the Kremlin wall. (RUS13, $13.00)   Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son  •  Sholem Aleichem LITERATURE •  2009 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES A Penguin Classics edition of Sholem Rabinovich's winning Yiddish tales, including, famously, the source material for Fiddler on the Roof. (RUS387, $16.00)   A Tomb for Boris Davidovich  •  Danilo Kis LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 135 PAGES These seven chilling stories of Eastern Europe, many set during the Stalinist period, are all drawn from actual events. Born in former Yugoslavia, Kis evokes the pall cast over Eastern Europe before the fall of the Iron Curtain. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian. (CEU28, $12.95)   A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine  •  Ben G. Frank GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES A focused, informative guide to both historical and contemporary sites of Jewish interest in cities, including St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, and Kishinev. With historical context, practical travel information and brief descriptions of synagogues, museums, monuments and schools. The author follows in the footsteps of the 12th-century Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela. This book follows the author's Travel Guide to Jewish Europe. (RUS173, $25.00)   A Traveller's History of Russia  •  Peter Neville HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES An impressively compact, lively survey of Russian history from the coming of the Slavs to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS47, $14.95)   Tsar, The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra  •  Peter Kurth  •  Peter Christopher  •  Edvard Radzinsky BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  PAPER  • 230 PAGES A tribute to the last of the Romanovs, featuring a treasure trove of never-published photographs and illuminating text. It brings to life in sumptuous detail the tumultuous life and times of Nicholas and Alexandra. Masterful. (RUS79, $29.99)   War and Peace  •  Leo Tolstoy  •  Constance Garnett LITERATURE •  1983 •  PAPER  • 1344 PAGES This great historical and philosophical novel set in the age of Napoleon portrays Russia through the lives of three aristocratic families united by love and separated by war during the invasion. As the men learn about courage, character and death through the initiation of war, a young woman learns about her feelings, emotions and passions as she is initiated into love. (RUS20, $10.95)   Woman from Hamburg And Other True Stories  •  Hanna Krall  •  Madeline G. Levine BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES A journalist from Warsaw born in 1937, Krall reveals the lives and strange trajectories of her compatriots in these stories, profiles and interviews of survivors of WWII. (PLD49, $14.95)   Yiddish Folktales  •  Beatrice Weinreich LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 413 PAGES A collection of 178 Yiddish tales, many just a paragraph or two, gathered from throughout Eastern Europe as part of a project by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in the 1920s and 30s. (CEU33, $18.00)   The Case of the General's Thumb  •  George Bird  •  Andrei Kurkov LITERATURE •  2012 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES The first English translation of Kurkov's dark comedy of errors, in which a police lieutenant and a KGB officer play cat-and-mouse when they are sent across Europe, Russia and the Ukraine to investigate a famous general's death. (RUS476, $14.95)
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