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Red Quarter Moon
Anne Konrad
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Description for Red Quarter Moon
paperback. Red Quarter Moon is an enthralling journey into the past that offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary families and individuals in the USSR. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2, 16 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Anne Konrad's Red Quarter Moon is the gripping account of her search for family members lost and disappeared within the Soviet Union. Konrad's ancestors, Mennonites, had settled the Ukrainian steppes in the late 1790s. An ethno-religious minority, they became special objects of Soviet persecution. Though her parents fled in 1929, many relatives remained in the USSR.
Konrad's search for these missing extended family members took place over twenty years and five continents - on muddy roads, lonesome steppes, and in old letters, documents, or secret police archives. Her story emerges as both haunting and inspiring, filled with dramatically different accounts ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442611399
SKU
V9781442611399
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99-1
About Anne Konrad
Anne Konrad is a writer living in Toronto. Hiroaki Kuromiya is a professor in the Department of History at Indiana University.
Reviews for Red Quarter Moon
‘This personal narrative of one of the darkest hours for Russian Mennonites is one of the most compelling I have read… The stories, always riveting in their emotion and energy, are told in historical context so that you always know the backdrop of what was driving the governing officials, the guards and the many henchmen who carried out their ruthless ... Read more