An account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives.
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ISBN:9780143129745
ISBN:0143129740
Physical Description:xvii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Publisher:New York, New York :Penguin Books,[2018]
General Note:
"Originally published in Polish: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.