Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams by Charles King

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

Charles King

336 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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"Rich and riveting, complex and compelling, powerful and poetic."—Peter M. Gianotti, NewsdayIn Odessa, the greatest port on the Black Sea, a dream of cosmopolitan freedom inspired geniuses and innovators, from the writers Alexander Pushkin and Isa...

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