Word: koltsovo
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...interrelated anecdotes, connected in sequence by the randomizing effects of memory and passing association. While the random nature of these connections often leads the narrative in diverging directions, the author unites these threads by relating his experiences while searching for information about his aristocratic forebears in the town of Koltsovo. The inhabitant's voices, past and present, are brought into clear focus through their interactions with the author or through the letters and journal entries that they left behind...
Echoes of a Native Land follows the author's ancestors, the Osorgins, from a time of peace in Koltsovo during the reign of the last tsar to the time of their expulsion from Russia during the Bolshevik revolution. Simultaneously, it traces the history of the peasants of the village to the present...
...progression of time throughout the book, however, is extremely loose. Consecutive stories may be separated by days or centuries. People are introduced, then left unmentioned for chapters, only to reappear years younger. The past of Koltsovo is explained from the outside in. The details create, rather than support, the image. Through their presentation--a piece here and a piece there--a full picture emerges...