My Name is Asya Author:Kira Michailovskaya "My name is Asya. I live in an old house on the very top floor. There is no elevator and when I walk up the stairs the sound echoes under the high ceiling...I turn the key in the lock, then I open the door wide and stand there for a moment looking around at my room. When I go to the window I see it has started to rain. People have opened the... more »ir umbrellas and are walking faster...Where are you going all you people? You don't know it, but I've got a job, with a salary and responsibility. I've got a room of my own and I've got a job!" This book is the warm and highly personal story of a young girl living and working in Soviet Russia today [This book was originally published in 1964]. Asya Maikina is just out of school and beginning her first job as an interpreter for the government agency Intourist.« less
This is a child's story about her life in Russia. She has an important job and an apartment of her own. I found the book a bit slow but I'm sure someone who enjoys Russian history will enjoy it.