Rausing, Sigrid: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. Memories of a Collective Farm in Estonia

Author: Rausing, Sigrid
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 221
Illustrations: 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9780802122179
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7049

Price: $17.50

In 1993-1994 Sigrid Rausing completed her anthropological PhD fieldwork on the peninsula of Noarootsi, a former Soviet ‘border protection zone’ in western Estonia. Abandoned watch towers dotted the coast line, and the huge fields of the Lenin collective farm were lying fallow, waiting for claims from former owners, who had fled war, and Nazi and Soviet occupation. In Everything Is Wonderful, a book that blends history, memoir, and travel writing, Rausing tells the story of how she lived and worked amongst the villagers, witnessing their transition from Soviet neglect to post-Soviet austerity, and democracy.