02475nam 2200601 a 450 991046414910332120200520144314.00-8156-5180-5(CKB)3170000000046547(OCoLC)608849464(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579735(SSID)ssj0000601881(PQKBManifestationID)12227628(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000601881(PQKBWorkID)10566681(PQKB)10821413(MiAaPQ)EBC3410103(OCoLC)821725610(MdBmJHUP)muse15957(Au-PeEL)EBL3410103(CaPaEBR)ebr10579735(CaONFJC)MIL945668(EXLCZ)99317000000004654720070806d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWaiting for America[electronic resource] a story of emigration /Maxim D. Shrayer1st paperback ed.Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse University Press20071 online resource (241 p.)First paperback edition, 2012.0-8156-0893-4 0-8156-0997-3 pt. 1. Flight -- pt. 2. Ladispoli -- pt. 3. Baggage.In 1987 a young Jewish man, the central figure in this book, leaves Moscow for good with his parents. They celebrate their freedom in Vienna and spend two months in Rome and the coastal resort of Ladispoli. While waiting in Europe for a U.S. refugee visa, the book's twenty-year-old poet quenches his thirst for sexual and cultural discovery. Through his colorful Austrian and Italian misadventures, he experiences the shock, thrill, and anonymity of being in a Western democracy, running into European roadblocks while shedding Soviet social taboos. As he anticipates entering a new life in America, he movingly describes the baggage that exiles bring with them, from the inescapable family ties to the sweet cargo of memory.UPCC book collections on Project Muse.ImmigrantsUnited StatesJewsUnited StatesElectronic books.ImmigrantsJews818/.603Shrayer Maxim1967-947160MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464149103321Waiting for America2140115UNINA