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âHistory doesnât repeat itself, it rhymes.âOne day in 1988, an enigmatic priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinkerâs door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. Thirty years later, from his apartment on Tchaikovsky Street in Saint Petersburg, where he lives with his Russian wife and three cats, Pieter reflects on his personal history in the Soviet Union, as well as the century of revolutions that took place in and around his street. A master storyteller, he blends history with memoir to create an ode to the divided soul of Russia and an unputdownable account of his own struggles with life, literature, and love.

The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street

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      Publisher: Scribe Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9781912854073, 978-1912854073
      ISBN10: 1912854074

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      Book Synopsis
      âHistory doesnât repeat itself, it rhymes.âOne day in 1988, an enigmatic priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinkerâs door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. Thirty years later, from his apartment on Tchaikovsky Street in Saint Petersburg, where he lives with his Russian wife and three cats, Pieter reflects on his personal history in the Soviet Union, as well as the century of revolutions that took place in and around his street. A master storyteller, he blends history with memoir to create an ode to the divided soul of Russia and an unputdownable account of his own struggles with life, literature, and love.

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