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 On July 2, 2009, one of the largest Ukrainian book stores, "Bukva," hosted a book signing, so we decided to put on a show for the unsuspecting public. With real sub-machine guns. A friend of ours owns a private museum full of arms, and he allowed us to borrow two machine guns and one semi-automatic pistol. We walked through the shopping center, Pyramida, without encountering any problems from the security. In my opinion, the book signing was a lot more fun with weapons.
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 “Getting Gonta” is my latest short story to be published by the Observer, an excellent on-line magazine about life in Ukraine. This is a story of two ordinary Ukrainian fellows who embarked on an adventure of a lifetime in search of their beloved sailboat, Gonta. It is based on real-life events, as fantastic as they may seem. And the photographs, taken along their incredible round-the-world journey, attest to their endurance of body and spirit.
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A Very Unusual Book Reading
EDGAR'S HOUSE The International's Women's Club Kyiv, regularly invites people to talk at their monthly meetings, and on 5 November it
was the turn of lawyer and author Alex Frishberg who was asked to read from his novel The Steel Barons', and you can rest assured that this vibrant Kyiv character never does anything by halves. Rather than reading from his novel, Alex kept the IWCK members present entertained by staging a theatrical performance of excerpts from his enthralling novel based around his real life experience of doing business in Ukraine in the early 90s. view in PDF
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Jewish writer takes on Kiev gangsters
in semi-autobiographical book on Ukraine
Courtesy of Alex Frishberg
Alex Frishberg, seated at center, poses with friends dressed as characters in his semi-autobiographical novel "The Steel Barons."
A semi-autobiographical novel tells of a young American lawyer who gets caught up with black marketeers and ex-KGB mercenaries in the maelstrom of a newly independent Ukraine. |
| By Oleksandr Gavrylyuk |
Published: 06/25/2007 |
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Expat Wild East Novel Unveiled
ENTRESOL CAFE Well-known American lawyer Alex Frishberg unveiled his debut novel 'The Steel Barons' 17 May to a warm reception from a mixed crowd of local business executives and international community habitues. The book follows the fortunes of a young American lawyer who finds himself in early 1990s Ukraine and becomes embroiled in the racketeering and corruption endemic of the period that helped the lucky few make millions and cost many businessmen their lives. You can get your hands on this rare insider glimpse of the Wild East as it was in the early days at Entrpol Cafe (2, Shevchenko Boulevard) or the Baboon book shop/cafes. |
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On July 25, 2006, I received the 2006
Willard Prize
for Fiction. It marks the first and only time I won a literary contest. This, in itself, would have been more then enough to make my year. But then the Ukrainian Observer editor, Jim Davis, kindly presented me with the $1,500 award on the behalf of Michael Willard, CEO of The Willard Group. Now I feel extra proud to have been chosen to receive this award. On the behalf of all the previously unpublished Ukrainian authors, I sincerely hope the Willard Group will continue its promote fiction writing on subjects relating to Ukraine.
The prize-winning story, Life on the Outpost, comes from a small collection of short stories by the same name. When read together, they paint a grim picture of one man's struggle against an increasingly oppressive government system. Unfortunately, most of my fictional stories are based on events that are currently taking place in the former USSR republics and in the U.S. |
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