Elena Gorokhova

Elena Gorokhova talks about her memoir, Russian Tattoo, where she navigates the journey of an immigrant, filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity.

Elena Gorokhova describes what it was like to grow up in the Soviet Union of the 1960s. In her memoir A Mountain of Crumbs, she recounts her love of the English language, her family's daily deprivations and small joys, and tells the story of Russia in the second half ...