| Edition |
Fjärde upplagan |
| Descript |
213 sidor 21 cm |
| Series |
A Penguin book
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| Content |
Introduction : first-person singular -- Cafe Europa -- Invisible walls between us -- Why I never visited Moscow -- In Zoe's bathroom -- To have and to have not -- A smile in Sofia -- The pillbox effect -- Money, and how to get it -- The trouble with sales -- My frustration with Germany -- The importance of wearing a uniform -- A premeditated murder -- A king for the Balkans -- Buying a vacuum cleaner -- A nostalgic party at the graveyard -- On bad teeth -- A Croat among Jews -- My father's guilt -- People from the three borders -- He sleeps like a baby -- Who's afraid of Tito's wife? -- An unforgettable meeting -- Still stuck in the mud -- Bosnia, or what Europe means to us |
| Note |
From the publisher. Today in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure democracy. But as Slavenka Drakulic observes, "in everyday life, the revolution consists much more of the small things -- of sounds, looks and images." In this brilliant work of political reportage, filtered through her own experience, we see that Europe remains a divided continent. In the place of the fallen Berlin Wall there is a chasm between East and West, consisting of the different way people continue to live and understand the world. Little bits -- or intimations -- of the West are gradually making their way east: boutiques carrying Levis and tiny food shops called "Supermarket" are multiplying on main boulevards. Despite the fact that Drakulic can find a Cafe Europa, complete with Viennese-style coffee and Western decor, in just about every Eastern European city, the acceptance of the East by the rest of Europe continues to prove much more elusive |
| Subject |
Postkommunism
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Politik
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Since 1989
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Eastern Europe.
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Regimkritiskt innehåll
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Feministiskt innehåll
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Politiskt obekväm författare
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Författare i exil
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Förbjuden/censurerad bok
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Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
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Social conditions
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Eastern Europe
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| Classmark |
306.0947
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15.70
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KW 9960
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0140277722 pocket |
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9780140277722 |
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0393040127 |
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