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050 00 $aPS3602.U335$bM92 2008
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aBudman, Mark.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007146859
245 10 $aMy life at first try :$ba novel /$cMark Budman.
260 $aBerkeley :$bCounterpoint :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $a218 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"In this semi-autobiographical debut novel, Mark Budman chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and follows his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. Yet, this dream is always overshadowed by his nemesis, Stalin, who exiled Alex's grandparents to Siberia before he was born." "When still a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists who are as strange to him as space aliens. They do something that sober Soviet adults seldom do: they laugh. From then on, Alex yearns to become a free and happy foreigner." "Those aspirations quickly fade as Alex begins to encounter the absurdities and constraints of living in a Communist society where conformity is institutionalized. Short chapters chronicle making it through the army, mastering the English language, sex, and meeting the girl of his dreams." "In 1980, Alex and his young family finally get the chance to move to America. There he realizes he is finally a foreigner - not the happy foreigner of his dream, but an alien. Ultimately, Alex finds his own place in the world, despite the fact that having the right "to vote for an elephant of an ass" does not necessarily guarantee self-fulfillment."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aJews, Russian$vFiction.
651 0 $aSiberia (Russia)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116962
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119377
650 0 $aRussians$zUnited States$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010111708
650 0 $aImmigrants$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104248
651 0 $aNew York (State)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108411
650 0 $aSuburban life$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111428
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3602.U335$iM92 2008