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Petropolis

by Anya Ulinich · 2006

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Sasha Goldberg is the ultimate outsider: she's a chubby, biracial Jewish girl from the Siberian town of Asbestos 2. Her father takes off for the United States, and leaves Sasha to navigate adolescence in a bleak apartment bloc with her overbearing mother. Sasha falls in love with an art school drop-out who lives inside a concrete pipe in the town dump. Following her heart gets her into trouble at home, so she flees Russia as a mail-order bride and lands in suburban Arizona. Sasha manages to escape her Red Lobster-loving fiance and embarks on a misadventure-filled journey across America in search of her father. Anya Ulinich has crafted an unforgettable story of familial fault lines, cross-cultural confusion, and the beguiling allure of new beginnings. Petropolisis a funny and poignant debut marking the arrival of a major new voice in fiction.

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coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
immigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of thisJewishJewishMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisSiberiaSiberiaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 324 pages
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graphic novelsgraphic novelsMore like thisLess of this

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