Religious books set in Russia (2)
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Os Irmãos Karamázov by Fiódor Dostoiévski PT
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Fiódor Karamázov é um golpista cínico e inescrupuloso que, através de seus dois casamentos infelizes, ascende socialmente até tornar-se um rico senhor de terras. Mas, junto com sua fortuna, ele recebe das falecidas esposas outra herança, nem tão desejável assim: Aliocha, Ivan e Dmítri, os seus três filhos. Abandonados à própria sorte ainda na infância, eles retornam misteriosamente à casa do pai anos mais tarde, movidos por intenções ocultas e incompreensíveis. E, mais uma vez reunidos, não demora até que todos sejam arrastados pela impetuosidade inerente ao sangue Karamazov, ocasionando uma t... continue
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Where the Jews Aren't : The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region by Masha Gessen EN
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From the acclaimed author of The Man Without a Face, the previously untold story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia that reveals the complex, strange, and heart-wrenching truth behind the familiar narrative that begins with pogroms and ends with emigration. In 1929, the Soviet government set aside a sparsely populated area in the Soviet Far East for settlement by Jews. The place was called Birobidzhan.The idea of an autonomous Jewish region was championed by Jewish Communists, Yiddishists, and intellectuals, who envisioned a haven of post-oppression Jewish culture. By the mid-1930s tens o... continue