The Odyssey and Dr. Novak: A Memoir

* Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and invaded Eastern Ukraine, the plight of Ukraine has continued to attract much media attention; this book offers an intimate portrait of a time just before that invasion and the subsequent return of a Russian presence in both Central and Eastern Europe.

* The Odyssey and Dr. Novak falls into the genre of travel writing which has seen a surge of popularity in recent years with the popularity of such travel memoirs as Saroo Brierley’s A Long Way Home: A Memoir (2014) [now a movie], Andrew Solomon’s Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World (Scribner, 2017), and Helen Russell’s A Year of Living Danishly (2015).