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A Terrible Country

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When Andrei Kaplan's older brother insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can't always remember who he is. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you.

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A Terrible Country, Keith Gessen

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2018
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English
Publisher
Penguin US
Released
2018
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Paperback
ISBN10
0525560912
ISBN13
9780525560913
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When Andrei Kaplan's older brother insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can't always remember who he is. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you.