Petropolis : Die Große Reise der Mailorderbraut Sascha Goldberg
, by Ulinich, Anya (Author)Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780143113010 | 0143113011
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/25/2008
Sasha Goldberg is the ultimate outsider: she's a chubby, biracial Jewish girl from the Siberian town of Asbestos 2. Her father takes off for the United States, and leaves Sasha to navigate adolescence in a bleak apartment bloc with her overbearing mother. Sasha falls in love with an art school drop-out who lives inside a concrete pipe in the town dump. Following her heart gets her into trouble at home, so she flees Russia as a mail-order bride and lands in suburban Arizona. Sasha manages to escape her Red Lobster-loving fianc? and embarks on a misadventure-filled journey across America in search of her father. Anya Ulinich has crafted an unforgettable story of familial fault lines, cross-cultural confusion, and the beguiling allure of new beginnings. "Petropolis" is a funny and poignant debut marking the arrival of a major new voice in fiction.