Journey into Russia

By Laurens van der Post,

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1 author picked Journey into Russia as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The author was an old fraud but this is a delightful period piece which reveals a good deal, sometimes inadvertently, about the lives of Russians in the benighted Soviet sixties.

From Sara's list on to read when visiting Russia.

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