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Brighton Beach Memoirs

JL;DR SUMMARY The text explores the cultural dynamics of Brighton Beach, a post-Soviet community in Brooklyn, focusing on the experiences of individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Jews, Georgians, and Belarusians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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