Never Out of Reach is a young poet’s tragicomic account of crossed loves and rebellions as he grows from boy to man under the vigilant eyes of the state in the Soviet Union. Set in Tallinn, Riga, and Moscow, it speaks of the experiences of young people of that period, their friendships and attempts to form romantic attachments, as well as their search for national identity. While raising a number of important historical and contemporary issues, the memoir is also an involving narrative, a visually descriptive story, varied and engrossing, involving philosophical, theological, and detective elements; popular and literary culture; countries and languages; high seriousness and undercutting irony.

“As if Imperial Easter eggs had been out� tted with lasers and microchips, Eugene Dubnov writes modern prose in the grand old Russian tradition; and, following in the footsteps of Nabokov, does it in English.”

                                                                  —Tom Robbins “Eugene Dubnov’s writings are extensive and read world-wide, which is the best testimony of his powers and talents.”

                                                  —Arnold Wesker

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