{"product_id":"communist-daze-the-many-misadventures-of-a-soviet-doctor-paperback-softback-9780253025869","title":"Communist Daze; The Many Misadventures of a Soviet Doctor (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253025869","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunist Daze\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Many Misadventures of a Soviet Doctor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVladimir A. Tsesis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253025869\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible. For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis—inestimable Soviet doctor and irrepressible jester—was stationed in a village where racing tractor drivers tossed vodka bottles to each other for sport; where farmers and townspeople secretly mocked and tried to endure the Communist way of life; where milk for children, running water, and adequate electricity were rare; where the world's smallest, motley parade became the country's longest; and where one compulsively amorous Communist Party leader met a memorable, chilling fate. From a frantic pursuit of calcium-deprived, lunatic Socialist chickens to a father begging on his knees to Soviet officials to obtain antibiotic for his dying child, Vladimir's tales of Gradieshti are unforgettable. Sometimes hysterical, often moving, always a remarkable and highly entertaining insider's look at rural life under the old Soviet regime, they are a sobering exposé of the terrible inadequacies of its much-lauded socialist medical system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface: September 1964\u003cbr\u003eBeginnings\u003cbr\u003ePotemkin Profession \u003cbr\u003eHard Lives and Few Choices\u003cbr\u003eJust One More Drink\u003cbr\u003eSecrets\u003cbr\u003eThe Party's Party\u003cbr\u003eThe Longest Shortest Parade in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003eHow Much Do You Really Want That Vacation, Vladimir?\u003cbr\u003eWindmills\u003cbr\u003eMilk\u003cbr\u003eThe Wanderers\u003cbr\u003eDeath in a Family\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Chase\u003cbr\u003eKGB Daughters, and Why Not to Treat Them\u003cbr\u003eThe West Meets the Best\u003cbr\u003eThe Incredibly Shrinking Crop\u003cbr\u003eA Frosty Farewell \u003cbr\u003eOne Joke Too Many\u003cbr\u003eEndings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525069861144,"sku":"9780253025869","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/communist-daze-the-many-misadventures-of-a-soviet-doctor-paperback-softback-9780253025869","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}