Publisher's Synopsis
A poignant picture of an absurd Soviet system, replete with anecdotes of a Jewish boy growing into adulthood, grappling with survival and belongingDocumenting discrimination under a Communist regime: antisemitism, roadblocks to human rights, murder of private "entrepreneurs", dissident prison realities, lack of adequate shelter, education, and workAn insider's account of an unusual historical moment — escaping the Iron Curtain when few people could — and philosophical musings on determination and political activism.
