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About Jacek Hugo-Bader
See more books from this AuthorA writer for the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reports on life at the harrowing margins of contemporary Russian society.
Oct 02 2012 | Read Full Review of White Fever: A Journey to the...There is a marvellous image at the beginning of White Fever, an account by Polish journalist Jacek Hugo-Bader of his demoralising road trip across Siberia.
Jul 15 2011 | Read Full Review of White Fever: A Journey to the...It makes for grim, but, at times, intriguing reading, especially chapters on Arzamas, whose people suffer the fallout from the USSR's nuclear bomb tests nearby, and Gorod, "the only place in Russia where I meet happy people."
Oct 15 2012 | Read Full Review of White Fever: A Journey to the...“White Fever” refers to the hallucinations that accompany the insanely excessive vodka drinking that is so common in this part of the world, and it’s an appropriate metaphor for the desperate circumstances of the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
Nov 07 2012 | Read Full Review of White Fever: A Journey to the...An aggregated and normalized score based on 8 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes