Travels in SiberiaIan Frazier (2010) |
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THE A5 BOOK REVIEWOne of the best travelogues on the powerful history and cultural quirkiness of Russia comes from the renowned writer Ian Frazier. Travels in Siberia is an in-depth account of Frazier’s several visits to this obscure part of the world, mainly focusing on his trans-Siberian journey in an old Renault delivery van with his two resourceful guides, Sergei and Volodya. His stories capture the real Siberia; beautiful rivers, crumbling buildings, endless plains, indestructible mosquitoes, and above all, the enigmatic people. Frazier’s passion and curiosity defines his work, providing the reader with a real view both into modern Russia and its turbulent past. One of the most interesting parts of the book is his visit to a long-abandoned prison camp, a part of Stalin’s gulag that horribly claimed more than a million lives as part of the Great Terror in 1937 and 1938. All in all, Travels in Siberia is an insightful and compelling book by a very talented writer.
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GREAT QUOTES FROM TRAVELS IN SIBERIA"You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program."
“Scientists estimate that the Siberian permafrost holds the remains of 150 million mammoths—or about 8 million more than the 142 million Russians above ground in Russia today.” INTERESTING LINKS:
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