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Siberian Dream begins amid the repression of the final days of the Soviet Union. Born into an ancient indigenous Siberian culture, Irina came of age with a rich heritage of spirituality and creativity that was often at odds with the world around her - a world of poverty because her parents refused to join the Communist party, and a world in which individuality was stifled. As a girl, she began to associate the simple act of getting dressed every day with freedom of self-expression, a freedom that almost landed her in a juvenile home. Picked by a talent scout to star in a Soviet film, Irina came to Moscow, a city in which old borders and ideologies were collapsing. Then against all odds, saving every penny, she ventured on ...
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Siberian Dream begins amid the repression of the final days of the Soviet Union. Born into an ancient indigenous Siberian culture, Irina came of age with a rich heritage of spirituality and creativity that was often at odds with the world around her - a world of poverty because her parents refused to join the Communist party, and a world in which individuality was stifled. As a girl, she began to associate the simple act of getting dressed every day with freedom of self-expression, a freedom that almost landed her in a juvenile home. Picked by a talent scout to star in a Soviet film, Irina came to Moscow, a city in which old borders and ideologies were collapsing. Then against all odds, saving every penny, she ventured on an impossible journey to Paris, where she struggled to break into the fashion industry, still enduring rejection because her exotic beauty was not readily accepted. Irina's moving tale culminates with her arrival in New York - a journey that nearly resulted in her arrest - where her dreams began to metamorphose into reality. With dizzying speed, she found herself celebrated by the New York fashion world, and embraced by the open spirit and industry of America. Her struggle to survive has been transformed into a meteoric rise in fashion and film, as Irina continues to weave the fabric of dreams from the ancient cloth of her people.

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Veronica Webb, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss--all the supermodels have caught the writing bug, usually to unimpressive effect. Not so, however, with Waris Dirie (see review below) or Pantaeva--born a Buryat Eskimo in the Siberian city of Ulan Ude (pop. 300,000)--whose delightful, moving and at times harrowing saga of her struggle to make it as a fashion model in the West rarely descends into falseness or cliche. "My people were nomads for a millenni[um]," Pantaeva writes, "and in time their blood compelled me across the world." As a child in the U.S.S.R., Pantaeva repeatedly rebelled against the Stalinist educational system, while struggling to maintain a strong bond with her parents, who worked in the theater and subsisted through the long Siberian winters on a diet of cabbage and carrots. Early on, it becomes clear to Pantaeva that she wants more, and she soon embarks on an arduous journey--narrated here as a comedy of errors--from a local fashion house to Moscow's Gorky studios, a kind of Soviet Disney Co. (at one point, she even meets up with the Dalai Lama). Pantaeva finally arrives, penniless, in Paris with dreams of modeling for a famous couturier and manages to catch the eye of Karl Lagerfeld, but not before hearing most of the fashion cognoscenti deride her "exotic" beauty. That was the early '90s, however, when waifs and grunge were the order of the day. By the final chapter, tastes have changed, and an ethnic chic has swept Pantaeva onto the runways, as she marries her soulmate in New York in the wake of the collapse of the oppressive government that drove her away. (Sept.) FYI: In 1995, Pantaeva was the subject of a New Yorker profile by novelist Jay McInerney.
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The story of a supermodel from Siberia.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780380793716
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 9/1/1999
  • Pages: 309
  • Age range: 13 years
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 7.99 (h) x 0.74 (d)
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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 11, 2003

    A GOOD MORALE

    When I encountered the novel I was excited. But the excitement waned after a substantial amount of pages had been flipped by my fingers. The story was moving, and very inspirational. One thing you have to admire about Pantaeva was her fortitude, her strength of mind to survive or die withered. She persevered and persisted and with her intensity has managed to achieve a tantalizing dream that had once been impossible to her ¿ if not for her will to fight for what she wanted. A good book for young, impressionable girls. It is a sure inspiration for all.My only complaint was that the flow sometimes did not fall into place easily, and very dragging at times. It took me four months to finish the book and since iam an enthusiastic reader, that was not a good sign. I found myself looking longingly at other books but at the same time, Siberian Dreams called out to me. I wouldn¿t say it was not worth it, but at the same time I would not recommend it to just anyone. There was a morale to the story, at times motivating, rousing one to want to better themselves and maybe try to acquire that flight of fancy we have always fantasised about. That was the book¿s strong point. Probably its only strong point.

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