In this gorgeous book, first published in 1968 and subtitled Fragments of a Biography, Blanch writes of her obsession with all things Russian, the mysterious Russian figure of her youth she calls The Traveller, and of her journey to confront her past. It's a quest, travelogue and love story, in which Blanch's Russian romance unfolds against the backdrop of Siberia.  (SIB47, $33.95)