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A review by menniemenace
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen
3.0
3.5/5
I remember reading somewhere that many people use communist symbols because they look cool and how that's pretty insensitive to people who were crushed by it.
I think this book has the same soul of that, but actually by a citizen. The USSR sounds cool from afar, but it isn't. Is any political ideology good, though?
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under Communism, it's the other way around and all that.
This book was boring at first, not even good on an emotional level. However, I was hooked by the halfway point. It is quite emotional and personal, but also a history through an individual's eye.
I remember reading somewhere that many people use communist symbols because they look cool and how that's pretty insensitive to people who were crushed by it.
I think this book has the same soul of that, but actually by a citizen. The USSR sounds cool from afar, but it isn't. Is any political ideology good, though?
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under Communism, it's the other way around and all that.
This book was boring at first, not even good on an emotional level. However, I was hooked by the halfway point. It is quite emotional and personal, but also a history through an individual's eye.