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Book

Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny

Call Number

  • 947.086 S9964 (CEN)

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Languages

Translated from the Polish.

Publication Information

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2018]

Physical Description

xvii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Summary

An account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives.

Notes

"Originally published in Polish: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part one. Love ; Freedom ; Negotiations ; History ; Instincts ; Hibernation ; Lions to Africa ; Castration ; Dancing bears ; The end
  • Part two. Love. Cuba : the McRevolution is coming ; Freedom. Poland/United Kingdom : Lady Peron ; Negotiations. Ukraine : nothing bleeps for the smugglers ; History. Albania : the end of the concrete toadstools ; Instincts. Estonia : tea with the invader ; Hibernation. Poland : hobbits at the state farm ; Lions to Africa. Serbia : pop art Radovan. Serbia : chickens for the Serbs ; Castration. Georgia : Stalin's vestal virgins ; Dancing bears. Greece : we'll sweep capitalism away.

Subjects

Added Authors

Antonia Lloyd-Jones