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Misha Chinkov

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in Penza, Russian Federation

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Memoir, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

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Self-publishing author living and working in Berlin.

Bilingual author, writing in Russian and English. Published my first book in 2022, and writing has been a big part of my life ever since. From non-fiction essays to novels about life in modern society, from art performances to charity events.

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Misha Chinkov's Blog: paranoid android

So I wrote a book about Couchsurfing

I wrote the whole book about CouchSurfing being a part of my life during the last 7 years (2015-2022).

A bit of my story here: M26, living in Berlin since 4 years, originally from Russia. Got into CouchSurfing when I was in the States via Work&Travel and kept surfing&hosting thereafter until recently. Got into writing as a hobby 3 years ago, mostly working on short stories. The main idea was to do Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 16, 2022 00:41 • Tags: couchsurfing

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Grand Theft Auto -- Crime et architecture

by Angelo Careri

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такая потрясающая книга, сумевшая рассказать об историческом событии максимально свежо, и такие потрясающие отзывы здесь, после них мне добавить особо нечего отмечу лишь из личных неожиданностей отношение противников друг к другу, такая (выражаясь сов ...more
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