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Book SynopsisOnce a Soviet scientist, Tarnopolsky became a refusnik activist arguing the right to emigrate. As a result, he spent the year of 1984 in a Siberian labour camp. Scenes of camp life are interspersed with essays on topics such as the Russian mentality, moral choices, and modern Jewish problems.
Trade ReviewHere is the struggle of a man who was ready to change single-handedly the policies and rules of the Soviet Union and who was ready to suffer the consequences in the universal struggle for freedom and human rights. -- Zafra Lerman, Columbia College, Chicago
His moving and highly personal story recounts in vivid and touching detail his struggle to maintain his dignity and to physically survive even under atrocious conditions of punishment....A must on any reading list. * The New York Times Book Review *
Vivid, eccentric, often gripping narrative...fascinating insights into Soviet society, and into Russian history and character...written in a remarkably effortless style, especially considering that English is not the writer's first language. -- Joseph L. Birman, City College of New York
