In the Jaws of the Crocodile: A Soviet Memoir

by Emil Draitser

Emil Draitser dreamed of becoming a writer. Born to a working-class Jewish family in the USSR on the eve of World War II, he came of age during the Brezhnev era, often considered the nadir of Soviet culture. Bored with an engineering job, he found refuge in writing, attracting the attention of a Moscow editor who encouraged him to try his hand at satire. He spent the next decade contributing to The Crocodile, the major Party-sponsored magazine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299329003
• ISBN13: 9780299329006
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"