Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia

In prose that evokes a "haunting lyricism", (Washington Post) Tayler writes of his unauthorized travels across post-Glasnost Russia in Siberian Dawn. "No guidebook existed for my route; no one had ever done it before", writes Tayler. Nominated as an ALA Notable Book of the Year and for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize, this engaging travel memoir animates both the disturbing ramifications of totalitarianism and the color and warmth of the people Tayler encountered on his journey.