Alex Halberstadt

Praise for Young Heroes of the Soviet Union

An act of literary archaeology... [in] finely wrought prose... melding the genres of biography, history and memoir. The book is more than just an account of one family's ordeals: it is an engrossing account of di ...

Daniel Beer, The Guardian

A loving and mournful account that's also skeptical, surprising and often very funny... Lush and moving.

Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

Illuminating, dramatic... It's as if [Halbertstadt's] feelings about Russia were frozen in time when he emigrated, leaving shards of perception that are peculiarly incisive... Majestic writing.

Matthew Janney, Spectator

An act of literary archaeology... [in] finely wrought prose... melding the genres of biography, history and memoir. The book is more than just an account of one family's ordeals: it is an engrossing account of di ...

Daniel Beer, The Guardian

A loving and mournful account that's also skeptical, surprising and often very funny... Lush and moving.

Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

Illuminating, dramatic... It's as if [Halbertstadt's] feelings about Russia were frozen in time when he emigrated, leaving shards of perception that are peculiarly incisive... Majestic writing.

Matthew Janney, Spectator

An act of literary archaeology... [in] finely wrought prose... melding the genres of biography, history and memoir. The book is more than just an account of one family's ordeals: it is an engrossing account of di ...

Daniel Beer, The Guardian

A loving and mournful account that's also skeptical, surprising and often very funny... Lush and moving.

Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

Illuminating, dramatic... It's as if [Halbertstadt's] feelings about Russia were frozen in time when he emigrated, leaving shards of perception that are peculiarly incisive... Majestic writing.

Matthew Janney, Spectator