A Mountain of Crumbs: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

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A Mountain Of Crumbs Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain B Format

A Mountain Of Crumbs Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain B Format

A Mountain Of Crumbs Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain B Format

By: Elena Gorokhova

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Aug, 19 2010

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Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the complexity of the English language - but in the Soviet Union of the 1960s, such a passion verges on the subversive. Elena's home is no longer the majestic Russia of literature or the tsars. Instead, it is a nation humiliated by its first faltering steps after World War II, putting up appearances for the sake of its regime and fighting to retain its pride. In this deeply affecting memoir, Elena re-creates the world that both oppressed and inspired her. She recounts stories passed down to her about the horrors of the Bolshevik Revolution and probes the daily deprivations and small joys of her family's bunkerlike existence. Through Elena's captivating voice, we learn not only the personal story of Russia in the second half of the twentieth century, but also the story of one rebellious citizen whose love of a foreign language finally transports her to a new world