Travels with a Hungry Bear

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"There is Moscow, which many Americans know well. And then there is vast rural Russia, which few Americans know at all. Of those few, only one is an outstanding writer. That one is Mark Kramer." - Noel Perrin, author of First Person Rural and professor of English and environmental studies, Dartmouth College "Through this fascinating account of his journeys among Russian farms, Mark Kramer helps us to understand the fali of the Soviet empire in a fresh and profound way. During his distinguished career as a writer, one of Kramer's passions has been the lives of farmers. This book is an intriguing counterpart to his classic work on American agriculture, Three Farms." - Tracy Kidder, author of Old Friends "Travels with a Hungry Bear must be read by anyone who wants to understand why Russia was known as 'the breadbasket of Europe' before the Russian Revolution but can't feed itself today. A fascinating portrait of today's Russia." - Nicholas Daniloff, author of Two Lives, One Russia and... Tovább

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"There is Moscow, which many Americans know well. And then there is vast rural Russia, which few Americans know at all. Of those few, only one is an outstanding writer. That one is Mark Kramer." - Noel Perrin, author of First Person Rural and professor of English and environmental studies, Dartmouth College "Through this fascinating account of his journeys among Russian farms, Mark Kramer helps us to understand the fali of the Soviet empire in a fresh and profound way. During his distinguished career as a writer, one of Kramer's passions has been the lives of farmers. This book is an intriguing counterpart to his classic work on American agriculture, Three Farms." - Tracy Kidder, author of Old Friends "Travels with a Hungry Bear must be read by anyone who wants to understand why Russia was known as 'the breadbasket of Europe' before the Russian Revolution but can't feed itself today. A fascinating portrait of today's Russia." - Nicholas Daniloff, author of Two Lives, One Russia and director of the School of Journalism, Northeastern University "For decades, agriculturally rich Russia has had trouble getting enough decent food onto the table, but amazingly few outsiders have ever poked through the innards of its farming system first-hand. Mark Kramer's lively book fills this gap, with intriguing side glances at everything from Russia's version of back-to-the-land hippies to the inside of a sausage factory." - Adam Hochschild, author of The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin "This is the first authentic book about rural life in modern Russia. Kramer returned to peasant villages and collective farms annually, sharing their work, their food, and their vodka. This is an important book for understanding the psychology of the Russian nation, which is still half rural." - Zhores A. Medvedev, Sovietologist "Mark Kramer has the courage and humor without which it is impossible to write about my country." - Vitaly Korotich, former editor, Ogonyuk, and Gorbachev adviser Vissza