Svetlana's Reads and Views

General Information: Name of Book: A Weak American in Russia & Ukraine; Adventures & Misadventures Living among the Natives ISBN: 978-0-578-10042-5 Publisher: Createspace Year it was published: 2012 Overall theme: "In many respects this is a book about nothing. More specifically, it's about the trvial, banal and yet often fascinating events of daily existence which are aggravated greatly by living in a foreign, largely non-Elnglish speaking culture." (xiii) "In addition to providing aching souls with a bit of laughter, it is my hope that my stories will help clear up some important culturally based misunderstandings Americans typically have of Slavs and shed light on their psychology and behavior, in particular." (xiii) Author: Walter Parchomenko About the Author: (from goodreads.com) url http://www.goodreads.com/weakamerican gender male website http://aweakamerican.com genre Travel Humor, Slavic Studies member since ...