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David Remnick

Born

in Hackensack, New Jersey, The United States

October 29, 1958

Website

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/david_re...

Genre

Nonfiction, History, Biography

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David Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin s Tomb The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He was named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age in 2000. Before joining The New Yorker, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. He has also served on the New York Public Library’s board of trustees. In 2010 he published his sixth book, The Bridge The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.

Remnick was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of a dentist, Edward C. Remnick, and an art teacher, Barbara (Seigel). He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Je ...more

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	Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire 4.26 avg rating — 4,930 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero 4.27 avg rating — 4,595 ratings — published 1998 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama 4.10 avg rating — 4,601 ratings — published 2010 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink 4.04 avg rating — 1,139 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker by David Remnick (editor), Henry Finder (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, Health-inspected Cartoons, 1978-2006 by David Remnick (Introduction), Roz Chast 4.36 avg rating — 628 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker 3.83 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker 4.18 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fragile Earth: Writing from The New Yorker on Climate Change by David Remnick, Henry Finder 4.18 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2020 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disquiet, Please!: More Humor Writing from The New Yorker 3.70 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起 (2 books)
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王勇 (Translator),

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“I’m not sure it is possible to describe just how hard it is to acquire a reputation as a drunk in Russia.”
― David Remnick, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

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“The Communist Party apparatus was the most gigantic mafia the world has ever known.”
― David Remnick, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

tags: communist-party, corruption, mafia, russian-politics, soviet-union

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“In the lobby, an old woman with legs wrapped in elastic bandages mopped the floor with filthy water. She kept missing the same spot, over and over. There was the overpowering smell of disinfectant, bad tobacco, and wet wool. This was the smell of Russia indoors, the smell of the woman in front of you on line, the smell of every elevator. Near an abandoned newsstand, dozens of overcoats hung on long rows of pegs, somber and dark, lightly steaming, like nags in a stable.”
― David Remnick, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

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