The Gentleman From Finland: Adventures On The Trans-siberian Express Review

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The Gentleman From Finland: Adventures On The Trans-siberian Express ReviewRobert Goldstein takes us with him on the Trans-Siberian Express as he makes his way across Russia on his wits alone. Without language skills, temporarily on the wrong train, and off-schedule, he alternately shares his ability to connect with people and his loneliness, his humor and wisdom, and ultimately his successful journey both in travels and soul-searching. I learned so much about history and geography of this vast unknown land. Goldstein's writing draws the reader in -- making the reader a "fly-on-the-wall" observer to this poignant adventure.
I sincerely hope that he continues writing about his travels. I look forward to his next book.The Gentleman From Finland: Adventures On The Trans-siberian Express OverviewTwo days aboard what he believes is the Trans-Siberian Express, the author discovers he's on the wrong train.It is 1987, and he is traveling in the Soviet Union, holding a train ticket that mistakenly identifies him as a Finn. In fact, he is a short, dark-skinned Mexican-American-Russian-Jew, who speaks only enough Russian to proclaim that he is Bob, the tourist from America. As the trip unfolds, what begins as the fulfillment of a childhood dream becomes a journey with a cast of characters worthy of a Russian novel. A grim old woman takes his only pair of shoes. Smugglers stash contraband booze under his bunk, then ply him with alcohol and delicacies. A beautiful Russian woman rescues the author from disaster in one city, only to mysteriously reappear in another, fueling his growing paranoia that she is a KGB agent. Throughout the story, Goldstein interjects historical anecdotes, as well as his own family's past in czarist Russia.The Gentleman from Finland is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant story of the misadventures of a traveler who discovers that a journey on the world's longest rail line is much more than just a big train ride.

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