Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: FS.E DR Kras / College 1a - Fremdsprachen-Bibliothek	Status: Entliehen	Frist: 12.11.2024	Vorbestellungen: 0

VERLAGSTEXT: Growing up in 1930s Brooklyn, Florence Fein will do anything to escape the confining values of her family and her city, and create a life of meaning and consequence. When a new job and a love affair lead her to Moscow, she doesn't think twice about abandoning America - only to discover, years later, that America has abandoned her.

Now, as her son Julian travels back to Moscow - entrusted to stitch together a murky transcontinental oil deal - he must dig into Florence's past to discover who his mother really was and what she became. He must also persuade his own son, Lenny, to abandon his risky quest for prosperity in the cut-throat Russian marketplace. As he traces a thread from Depression-era America, through the collective housing and work camps of Stalin's USSR, to the glittering, oil-rich world of New Russia, Julian finally begins to understand the role he has played - as a father, and as a son.

Epic in sweep and intimate in detail, 'The Patriots' is both a compelling portrait of the entangled relationship between America and Russia, and a beautifully crafted story of three generations of one family caught between the forces of history and the consequences of past choices.

Florence Fine ist in den 1930er-Jahren in Brooklyn aufgewachsen und will nichts mehr, als ihre Familie und die Stadt zu verlassen. Ein neuer Job und eine neue Liebe führen sie nach Moskau, doch Jahre später vermisst sie ihre Heimat und muss feststellen, dass Amerika sie vergessen hat.