Cultural Identity in Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt, by Olga Grjasnowa

• Autor(a) principal: Mathias, Dionei
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14447
• topic: Olga Grjasnowa; Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt; Identidade cultural; Olga Grjasnowa; Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt; Cultural Identity

The novel Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt (All Russians Love Birch Trees, 2014, English translation by Eva Bacon) written by Olga Grjasnowa and published in 2012 deals with a young Jewish woman who emigrates from Azerbaijan to Germany and who spends some months in Israel. The novel tackles the conflicts related to the process of immigration and redefinition in new cultural contexts. Thus, this article aims to focus on the problematization of cultural identity and agency, discussing this intersection in two contexts: firstly the Jewish cultural identity in a minority context and secondly the same cultural identity and its negotiation in Israel. In both contexts, the main character remains a foreigner, weaving an identity narration far from religious and national macro-narratives.