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This is a biography of the city of Odessa, its antecedents, its growth, and its struggles. Odessa was/is a "frontier city"--Ottoman, Russian, Soviet, Romanian and now Ukrainian.
King makes a case that the cosmopolitan, multicultural and unruly nature of the city made it a breeding ground for culturally significant men (they are all men).
And, for me, that is where he got somewhat off-base--going into the biographies of the men even when they were far afield from Odessa.
But the history of the city is very interesting and King writes this well--giving us a feeling for how the various rulers have re-written the history over and over to reflect their version.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is going to visit Odessa or the Black Sea.
This is a biography of the city of Odessa, its antecedents, its growth, and its struggles. Odessa was/is a "frontier city"--Ottoman, Russian, Soviet, Romanian and now Ukrainian.
King makes a case that the cosmopolitan, multicultural and unruly nature of the city made it a breeding ground for culturally significant men (they are all men).
And, for me, that is where he got somewhat off-base--going into the biographies of the men even when they were far afield from Odessa.
But the history of the city is very interesting and King writes this well--giving us a feeling for how the various rulers have re-written the history over and over to reflect their version.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is going to visit Odessa or the Black Sea.
Journal Entry 2 by itpdx at LFL - (8000 SW 89th) in Portland, Oregon USA on Sunday, December 27, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (12/27/2020 UTC) at LFL - (8000 SW 89th) in Portland, Oregon USA
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