A Russian Immigrant

• Focus and relevance: It is impossible to imagine the texture of Israeli, American and Canadian communities without the presence of Russian Jews and Jews born to Jewish-Russian immigrant parents. This “new Jewish diaspora” is often called the last great wave of immigrants. Although tremendously successful (think of the boy from Moscow who invented Google), Jews from the former USSR and their children have not shed the skin of either Russianness or Sovietness. • Structure: unputdownable and gripping, told in an unforgettable voice with elements of suspense, mystery and crime. • Style: elegant, beautifully written; rich, translingual literary voice. • Geography and travels: not only US but also Russia, Estonia and Czech Republic. • Author: already acclaimed author of immigrant literature and scholar of Jewish authors and emigration/immigration. • Topic: First book to focus entirely on questions of identity and assimilation among Russian immigrants in America.