Lust in translation
From Why Dont Russians Smile The definitive guide to the differences between Russians and Americans
With Russians suddenly free to emigrate, foreign men offered another route to prosperity. Love was optional. An American who taught English in Moscow tells me that during a class presentation a young woman recounted how her friend Maria married an American man, had a child with him, then turned around and divorced him. Maria is now in America, living off the alimony and child support she collects from her former husband. In the class discussion that followed, the storyteller’s classmates praised Maria for her “cleverness” and castigated the American husband for allowing himself to be duped.
https://www.amazon.com/Lust-Translation-Infidelity-Tokyo-Tennessee/dp/0143113291
