- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited; 1st Edition edition (2004)
- ISBN-10: 0002005689
- ISBN-13: 978-0002005685
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 15 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #579,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stories that stay with you,
By edeet (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Natasha And Other Stories (Paperback)
The layered complexity of these stories emerges gradually, as the reader is drawn into their world. Beautiful writing that takes you by surprise in the most pleasurable way. I look forward to the next book.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A true depiction of the immigrant experience,
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This review is from: Natasha : And Other Stories (Hardcover)
David Bezmozgis astutely describes the immigrant experience in this book of short stories linked through the same characters. The author's personal experiences, which parallel those of his characters, enable him to descriptively write scenes which come alive and appear real. As a Toronto secondary school teacher who has worked with Russian immigrant students, I recognize realistic scenarios in his stories and feel he has accurately portrayed the lives of these immigrants. A thoroughly enjoyable read!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (34 customer reviews) 21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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How Easily We Forget,
By Jon Linden - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Natasha: And Other Stories (Hardcover)
In David Bezmozgis' book "Natasha and other stories" I expected to find a well written collection of short stories on different topics. But what I found had much more impact. With a style that won't let the reader go, the author moves through the life of Mark Berman, a Russian Immigrant to Canada in 1980. The stories are extremely autobiographical in character, although the author never states that outright.Each story, in addition to being on a different topic, follows Mark through the ages of 6 to 16, and then two adult experience based stories after the title story "Natasha." The book is extraordinary in its ability to capture immense and incisive amounts of sensitive information about the characters, and convey it in an almost irresistable style, as he ambles through the very complex integration of a 6 year old Russian immigrant to the democratic environment of Canada and North America in general. "Natasha," the title story really does capture the reader, as it is so illustrative of what we enjoy in North America, and how truly undesirable or worse it is to live in some parts of the world, but so many live in conditions that we in North America just take for granted. We need to be reminded of what we have, rather than what we do not have all the time. This book does an acutely prestigous job of elucidating this concept. As the author's first book, it appears to be a great one. This author shows tremendous promise, and did something unique, and yet familiar. He used his own experiences, to write his first book, but he created a piece with a new character, than almost any other book of short stories I have previously read. However he did it, this book is not to be missed. It is truly worth anyone's time to invest in reading this fast reading and intimate yet important piece of literature. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A true depiction of the immigrant experience,
By Joanne Fisher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Natasha : And Other Stories (Hardcover)
David Bezmozgis astutely describes the immigrant experience in this book of short stories linked through the same characters. The author's personal experiences, which parallel those of his characters, enable him to descriptively write scenes which come alive and appear real. As a Toronto secondary school teacher who has worked with Russian immigrant students, I recognize realistic scenarios in his stories and feel he has accurately portrayed the lives of these immigrants. A thoroughly enjoyable read! 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant piece of work!,
By CoffeeGurl - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Natasha: And Other Stories (Hardcover)
This is a brilliant piece of work. All of the stories in Natasha and Other Stories are connected and narrated by the son of a Russian-Jewish family from 1970s Toronto. The stories of their struggles with wanting a new life. The language is sharp and evocative -- the descriptions vivid and beautiful. And the stories are thought provoking and poignant. My favorite stories are "The Strongest Man" and "Minyan." Reading about this family gave me the impression that David Bezmozgi was writing about his own experiences. It doesn't matter, for this is a brilliant short-story collection that I read in one sitting. I wish I had taken longer to read it and savored the experience. Natasha is going to my re-read pile. I cannot recommend this book enough...
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