Author: Orsolya Cseh Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3710895359 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 62
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My family originates from Romania, where they spent the chaotic decades of the 20th century as members of the largest Hungarian minority. During the darkest years, the feared dictator, Nicolae Ceauescu governed socialist Romania, where people were merely striving to survive. But what was happening beyond the Iron Curtain? These twelve tales of mine, based on true stories, convey this message. "Then the Wall fell, holes were shot into the rotten heart of the dictatorships, but in my youth, the shadow of the Eastern Bloc still bared its iron fangs at me."
Author: Sonador Snow Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781974309658 Category : Languages : en Pages : 68
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A lot has been written about communism and the life of people under its rule, but what about the true stories? The narrations Behind The Iron Curtain are all based on true stories, told by those who experienced them. These stories are expressed the way they remained embedded in their minds for the rest of their lives. What drives an old man and a crying boy to venture outside in the freezing night? What happens to a mother and her growing son when she takes him to church at Easter? What does it take to provide presents for your kids on a government-banned Christmas? How long should one wait in prison to hear what his actual crime is? Who chooses your kid's name? What happens at school to a young boy made different by nature? Who is to blame when an entire generation is 'gifted' radiation poisoning and how does one live with that as it eats him/her from the inside? The answers to these questions, and many more, are to be found in the seven short stories in this book. Warning from the author: this is not a light read, and will hardly make you smile. However, everything in these stories was, or still is, the truth - and bitter reality of their everyday life.
Author: Oana-Nicoleta Balc Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3711504272 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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The book "A world synopsis" is written more in a fantasy way, with some beautiful and unbeatable short stories thought in some inspiring moments. Everything described by these pages is more or less felt, detached and imagined. As is starts the first chapters, the stories are a little bit vivid and with a little bit of mystery they create the whole image of the book. Every word written here are more then ever created with passion and written with and for beautiful people. It is an easily readable book with the possibility to help the reader to have more than one interpretation.
Author: Vesna Goldsworthy Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 132402173X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 213
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East and West collide in a “timely” and “bittersweet tale of loyalty, love, and the siren call of freedom” (Rebecca Abrams, Financial Times). Milena Urbanska is a red princess living in a Soviet satellite state in the 1980s. She enjoys limitless luxury and limited freedom; the end of the Cold War seems unimaginable. When she meets Jason, a confident but politically naive British poet, they fall into bed together. Before long, Milena is planning her escape. She follows Jason to London, where she’s shocked to find herself living in bohemian poverty. The rented apartment is dingy, the food disgusting, and Jason’s family withholding, but at least there are no hidden cameras recording her every move. As she adjusts to her new life, however, Milena discovers the dark side of Jason’s idea of freedom. With cool wit and tender precision, Vesna Goldsworthy delivers a razor-sharp vision of two worlds on the brink of change, amidst the failures of family and state. Iron Curtain is a sly, elegant comedy of manners that challenges the myths we tell ourselves.
Author: Jan Dalley Publisher: Chambers ISBN: 1473668263 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres. THE LIFE OF A SONG is a compilation of weekly columns written for FT Weekend, containing the biographies of 50 songs that have been born, reborn, sometimes hideously mangled, but often reinvigorated by new generations of artists. Here you will find songs that shook the world, songs that heralded the birth of a new musical movement, songs that made the journey from soul to punk and from heavy rock to hip-hop.
Author: Alison Yermolova Publisher: ISBN: 9781441492173 Category : Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
This in a story based on true events, the story of how I came to Russia, but told in the third person in the form of a narrative. But it is really the story of my journey to the dark side of my soul and back to the light. The story of how coming to Russia and falling in love with a Russian changed my life.
Author: Eva Wonka Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 116
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Who wants to come on a trip behind the Iron Curtain...The Global Adventures Series bring exciting, dangerous, and true stories about men and women who served God faithfully and lived a life for His glory.Smuggling the Bible into former communist countries...Traveling to foreign places without knowing the language...Teaching the Bible secretly among Christians in Romania...Experiencing the dangers of the Secret Police...Learning to trust the Lord to do the impossible...In this edition, hear the riveting stories about Tom, David, Margareta and Jozef.Who wants to come with me on a trip behind the Iron Curtain?
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