A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka

2014, hardcover, 308pp, mooi exemplaar, 22x15cm

 

A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past. In the twilight of the Cold War (the late 1980s), nine-year old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the Soviet border with only ten suitcases, $600, and the vague promise of help awaiting in Vienna.