Boston College Front Row

David Shrayer-Petrov reads from his new book Autumn in Yalta: A Novel and Three Stories (Syracuse, 2006), which includes an autobiographical novel set in Stalinist Russia, Strange Danya Rayev. Shrayer-Petrov is a medical scientist and the author of 20 books of prose and poetry in his native Russian and in translation. Shrayer-Petrov is joined by the book's editor and cotranslator, his son Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Russian and English and codirector of the Jewish Studies Program at Boston College, and two of the book's cotranslators, Arna B. Bronstein and Aleksandra Fleszar, both professors of Russian at the University of New Hampshire. Dwayne Carpenter, professor of Hispanic studies and codirector of the Jewish Studies Program, gives the introduction. This event is a part of "Writers Among Us: Boston College Readings," a series spotlighting recent book publications by Boston College faculty. Speaker: David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer Date: May 2, 2006 Length: 1:14:16