Bibliograph

Mud and stars, travels in Russia, Sara Wheeler

Type

Label

Mud and stars, travels in Russia, Sara Wheeler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mud and stars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sara Wheeler

Sub title

travels in Russia

Summary

With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the 'ordinary' people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today

Target audience

adult

Creator