The Eve of November 7

The Eve of November 7 is an incisive, semi-fantastic journey into the latter years of the repressive Soviet era, seen through the eyes, imagination and experiences of a young adult addressing issues of conflicting realities in his life. In the Soviet Union, November 7th was established as a public holiday celebrating the Bolshevik Revolution. Author Zeev Fridman’s autobiographical novel reflects his lived experience of growing up in the totalitarian Soviet communist era and its effect on the ultimate generation of young adults who grew up in the former USSR, with its obsessive, targeted repression of Jewish life, institutionalized and inculcated antisemitism.