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Book review: The Nesting Dolls, by Alina Adams – A Meaningful Dramatization Of Life Under Socialism
Legal Insurrection ^ | 12/27/20 | Katya Rapoport Sedgwick

Posted on 12/27/2020 2:56:09 PM PST by Virginia-American

Out of all works of fiction published in the year 2020, The Nesting Dolls by Odessa-born Alina Adams is easily the most urgent. It dramatized what American readers, especially young American readers, need to understand about the life under socialism, but are rarely told.

If discussions about the reality of it do take place, the truth is quickly swept under the rug — real socialism hasn’t been tried, they are assured.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Society
KEYWORDS: socialism
This was just posted on Legal Insurrection (one of my favorite websites - it had the best coverage of the Zimmerman trial)

Book sounds interesting

1 posted on 12/27/2020 2:56:09 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: Virginia-American

I would also recommend “Pretending to Sleep: A Communism Survivor’s Short Story” by Monalisa Foster


2 posted on 12/27/2020 4:59:26 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Virginia-American

Saved.


3 posted on 12/27/2020 7:35:43 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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