The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight (Hardcover)

from Steve38

An exercise in surrealism by an American author who chose post Soviet Russia as her setting. So the book, though imaginative, builds stereotype on stereotype. It would have been a more satisfying book to both write and read if the author had chosen a setting with which she was more familiar.

from melydia

Um. Well, this takes place in post-Soviet Russia, and is more or less about three widows - an Eastern Orthodox Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew - who all live in the same condemned apartment building with their children. Christian Lukeria torments her overweight granddaughter Tanya who spends a lot...

from saratoga99

The Russian Book of Color and Flight offers provocative insight into what has happened in post-Soviet Russia. As it continues playing "King of the Hill" by fighting wars with Cheynya, Bosnia, Afganistan, Georgia, etc. (not in a historical timeline), the ordinary Russian bears the brunt of such fo...

from gayla.bassham

Really more like 3 1/2 stars. There were some really nicely written passages, and I liked the milieu. On the other hand, it made my eyes glaze over more than once, and some of the characters never quite came alive for me.

from Beth350

This is a peculiar book. It is set in a slum area of post-Soviet Russia. The main characters: tanya, Yuri, His mother Olga, Azade and her deceased, but present in ghost form, husband Mircha - all live in a crubling apartment building that lacks indoor plumbing. It is magical realism - sad, hopele...