From Russia with Lunch
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From Russia with Lunch

A Lithuanian Odyssey

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

From Russia with Lunch

A Lithuanian Odyssey

About this book

Eighty-two years after Moses Dibobis escaped from the Lithuanian hamlet of Birzai with nothing but a sack lunch, the author journeys back to this former Soviet enclave looking for a link to his grandfather—something greater than their shared receding hairline and sense of humor. What he finds on this wild road trip is a place where premium vodka is cheaper than water, spa treatments are more than a little invasive, and that Stalin theme parks are just the beginning of the odd charms of this beguiling nation. Through it all, David Smiedt takes all that is irreverent about modern-day Molvania and delivers a charming, funny narrative that captures the bizarre appeal of his ancestral homeland.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Also by David Smiedt
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Map of Lithuania
  8. Borscht to the future
  9. If it ain’t baroque . . .
  10. A night on the Old Town
  11. A spa is born
  12. You must remember this
  13. The second city
  14. Beer, basketball and BMWs
  15. Smiedt nothings
  16. Just another town
  17. Life of brine
  18. A Balt from the blue
  19. A question of spirit
  20. The last Jew in Birzai
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Also by David Smiedt: ARE WE THERE YET?
  23. Imprint Page