Wild Berries

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W. Morrow, 1984 - Fiction - 296 pages
Enriching the tale of Soviet scientists on a search for rare ore in the far northern taiga, or forests, of Siberia are Yevtushenko's voluptuous and poetic evocations of the Russian peasants and his own native countryside.

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Section 1
9
Section 2
27
Section 3
37
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About the author (1984)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko was born Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus on July 18, 1933, in Zima Junction, a remote lumber station on the trans-Siberian Railway in the Irkutsk region of Siberia. He became a poet whose work inspired a generation of young Russians in their fight against Stalinism during the Cold War. His poems included Zima Junction, My Beloved Will Come, Stalin's Heirs, Babi Yar, and Russian Tanks in Prague. He also wrote two novels including Don't Die Before You're Dead. He died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 83.

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