Cafe Europa: Life After Communism [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Drakulic, Slavenka

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ISBN 10: 0140277722 ISBN 13: 9780140277722

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 1999

Riassunto

“Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world.” —Gloria Steinem

Today in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure democracy.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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Slavenka Drakulic was born in Croatia in 1949. The author of several works of nonfiction and novels, she has written for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and numerous publications around the world.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140277722
• ISBN 13: 9780140277722
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
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