A journey into russia, paperback/jens muhling

Description When German journalist Jens M hling met Juri, a Russian television producer selling stories about his homeland, he was mesmerized by what he heard: the real Russia and Ukraine were more unbelievable than anything he could have invented.

The encounter changed M hlings life, triggering a number of journeys to Ukraine and deep into the Russian heartland on a quest for stories of ordinary and extraordinary people.

Away from the bright lights of Moscow, M hling met and befriended a Dostoevskian cast of characters, including a hermit from Tayga who had only recently discovered the existence of a world beyond the woods, a Ukrainian Cossack who defaced the statue of Lenin in central Kiev, and a priest who insisted on returning to Chernobyl to preach to the stubborn few determined to remain in the exclusion zone.

Unveiling a portion of the world whose contradictions, attractions, and absurdities are still largely unknown to people outside its borders, A Journey into Russia is a much-needed glimpse into one of todays most significant regions.

About the Author Jens Mühling was an editor at a German newspaper in Moscow for two years.

Since 2005, he has worked as an award-winning reporter for the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel .

Eugene H.

Hayworth is the translator of several contemporary German novels.