Eastern Europe category: 1864 books

The "Betrothed" did not greatly please one or two friends, who thought that it did not well correspond to the general title of "The Crusaders." They urged, therefore, that, without direct allusion to the manners of the Eastern tribes, and to the romantic conflicts of the period,...

A compelling study of “new sincerity” as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flows The global cultural practice of a “new sincerity” in literature, media, art, design, fashion, film, and architecture grew steadily...

The history of Soviet nonconformism and, more broadly, of East European dissent has been written as a history of ideas, the subject of which is the transfer, internalization, and the subversive force of liberal values in socialist societies. In this sense, the nonconformist subconscious of totalitarian...

At the end of the 1920s, the Modernist and avant-garde artistic programmes of the early Soviet Union were swept away by the rise of Stalinism and the dictates of Socialist Realism. Did this aesthetic transition also constitute a conceptual break, or were there unseen continuities between these two...

In the current age where democratic and egalitarian ideals have preeminence, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, among other hierarchically organized religious traditions, faces the challenging questions: “Why is hierarchy maintained as the model of organizing the church, and what are the theological...

In the Northwest of Hungary, on the banks of the Danube, begins the mountainous region known under the name of the Carpathian range, which for beauty is not surpassed by the Alps, and in extent fairly rivals them. This mountain range, encircling like a gigantic evergreen wreath one half of the country,...

Like many Eastern European countries, Poland has seen a succession of divergent economic and political regimes over the last century, from prewar “embedded liberalism,” through the state socialism of the Soviet era, to the present neoliberal moment. Its cinema has  been inflected by these changing...

Due decenni fa finiva la guerra in Bosnia, lasciando cumuli di macerie e tanti, troppi morti. Questo reportage racconta la pace che ha fatto seguito a quella tragedia. Una pace imperfetta, fatta di prevaricazione e di giustizia negata, di dolore e di speranze strappate via dal disastro di una quotidianità...

Un viaggio lento, polako polako, a scartamento ridotto. Una bicicletta e una sacca, la cui pesantezza non è un fardello ma l’occasione di essere agganciati alla terra attraversata per viverla, scoprirla. Da Zagabria a Sarajevo, a Belgrado, dalla Mitteleuropa verso Oriente tra vallate, cascate,...

Spellbinding multi-layered crime novel set in Poland during the Nazi occupation. Controversially, the hero, Captain Martin Bora, is an aristocratic German officer in the Wehrmacht. With echos of Claus von Stauffenberg, he is torn between his duty as an officer and his integrity as a human...

The most critically acclaimed cruise book of all time: Book of the Year: ForeWord Awards, Finalist - Humor Book of the Year: ForeWord Awards, Finalist - Travel/Essay Gold winner: USA Best Book Awards Silver winner: Paris Book Festival Bronze winner: London Book Festival Bronze winner: Hollywood Book...

“Rebecca West’s magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time.” —The New Yorker *** *** Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern....

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