Moscow FarewellThe account of an American student's adventures in Russia, revealing the country's eternal qualities. The characters include the narrator's beautiful, capricious girlfriend and a supreme hedonist. Submerged in the supposedly puritan country's private devotion to food, drink, sex, and despair, the narrator finds the essence of being Russian.--Adapted from Goodreads.com description. |
Contents
INotes from My Window | 1 |
IITo Town | 69 |
IIIThe Lenin Library | 79 |
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