Moscow book of promises
Book |
[s.n.]
[S.I.]
2018
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonthill | FIC Weinz 2018 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Moscow book of promises is a satirical, bittersweet account of the misadventures of a Jewish American businessman chasing the shadows of commercial success in the Moscow of Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) during the late 1980's. Joshua Edelshtein is the prodigal yuppie son of a conservative Jewish emigre screenwriter in Hollywood who has just paid handsomely for Joshua's legal fees so that his son could gain custody of his only daughter. No sooner has Joshua won custody than he gives it up to accept his hi-tech company's offer to open up the personal computer market in the twilight days of the USSR. His father, who fights passively for Soviet refuseniks, feels doubly betrayed. In his frustration, he demands that Joshua compensate him by sending home letters which the father might use in his script treatments. Armed to the teeth with American PC technology and a bizarre grasp of modern capitalism, Joshua sets sail from Silicon Valley for Moscow and the land of his jewish forefathers. Moscow will never be the same.
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