The Patriots - Sana Krasikov

Lose yourself in the irresistible story of one woman's journey through 20th-century Russia. Growing up in 1930s Brooklyn Florence Fein will do anything to escape the confining values of her family and her city and create a life of meaning and consequence. When a new job and a love affair lead her to Moscow she doesn't think twice about abandoning America - only to discover years later that America has abandoned her. Now as her son Julian travels back to Moscow - entrusted to stitch together a murky transcontinental oil deal - he must dig into Florence's past to discover who his mother really was and what she became. He must also persuade his own son Lenny to abandon his risky quest for prosperity in the cut-throat Russian marketplace. As he traces a thread from Depression-era America through the collective housing and work camps of Stalin's USSR to the glittering oil-rich world of New Russia Julian finally begins to understand the role he has played - as a father and as a son. Epic in sweep and intimate in detail The Patriots is both a compelling portrait of the entangled relationship between America and Russia and a beautifully crafted story of three generations of one family caught between the forces of history and the consequences of past choices.

TITLE: The Patriots

AUTHOR: Sana Krasikov

SKU: 9781783783649

PUBLISHER: Granta Books

DATE PUBLISHED: 02/03/2017

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 560

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

WEIGHT: 525 gr