Taste of Dreams, The
Author(s): Vanora Bennett
Both a coming-of-age adventure of time spent in search of the romantic Russia the author had dreamed about, and a tale of eye-opening amazement as she discovers and gets caught up in the new, anarchic Russia emerging from its Soviet constraints. At its heart is the story of caviar: beluga, the rarest type of sturgeon harvested from the Caspian Sea, is now an endangered species, and no one knows how - or wants - to stop the plunder. People kill for it. Beautifully written, drawing on personal experience and intent observation, Vanora Bennett's critical and literary powers deliver a stunning read.
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Vanora Bennett writes for The Times of London, and has been a Moscow correspondent for Reuters and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Crying Wolf: The Return Of The War To Chechnya (Picador 1998).
General Fields
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- : hdline
- : hdline
- : August 2003
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Vanora Bennett
- : Hardback
- : SEPT03
- : 641.392
- : 288
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