Szablowski, Witold
Dancing Bears
- ISBN 13:
- 9780143129745
- author:
- Szablowski, Witold
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 19.81 x 13.21 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Third World Development,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny by Witold Szablowski. In the aftermath of communism's collapse, many people in Eastern Europe and Cuba found themselves free but nostalgic for their former lives. This is the story of those who, like Bulgaria's dancing bears, are still holding on to a past they can no longer have. Witold Szablowski's remarkable reporting takes us into the world of these individuals, from smuggling cars into Ukraine to hitchhiking through Kosovo as it declared independence. His on-the-ground reporting provides a fascinating portrait of social and economic upheaval and a lesson in the challenges of freedom and the seductions of authoritarian rule. Through his stories, Szablowski shows us that the past is not just a memory, but a living, breathing presence that can be both comforting and suffocating.
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