American visitors to the USSR

[Genevra Gerhart]

Dear Seelangers,
I'm sure Americans' descriptions of Russians can be revealing and
insightful. Still, the original question was how we appear(ed) to them. The
opening scene of Osenii Marafon shows the "hero's" painful effort to put on
a smile just before he opens the door to his Western literature professor.
The latter was also an irritant when he asked if the jam was povidlo and had
to be told, no, it was varen'e. In both cases the professor would not have
realized the effect he was having.

Whatever happened to Vl. Posner?

Genevra

http://www.GenevraGerhart.com

ggerhart at comcast.net

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