Garden Of Broken Statues

Captivated At AYoung Age By Russia, Marianna Tax Choldin Immersed Herself As AStudent At The University Of Chicago In That Country's Language And CultureIn Her Book She Describes The Tension Between Her Strong Commitment To Freedom Of Expression And Her Growing Understanding Of Russian And Soviet CensorshipFluent In Russian, She Travels Widely In Postsoviet Russia, Speaking With Hundreds Of Russians About Their Own Censorship HistoryShe Writes Of The Close Friendships She Formed In Russia, And Reflects On Her Jewish Roots In The Country Her Family Had Left Behind Years Earlier.
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