Cafe Europa Revisited

How to Survive Post-Communism

Slavenka Drakulic

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Penguin USA
05 January 2021

History

An evocative and timely collection of essays that paints a portrait of Eastern Europe thirty years after the end of communism.

""Drakulić's composite portrait provides a clear-eyed look at European values, and what they really amount to.""-The New Yorker

An evocative and timely collection of essays that paints a portrait of Eastern Europe thirty years after the end of communism.

An immigrant with a parrot in Stockholm, a photo of a girl in Lviv, a sculpture of Alexander the Great in Skopje, a memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet led army invasion of Prague- these are a few glimpses of life in Eastern Europe today. Three decades after the Velvet Revolution, Slavenka Drakulic, the author of Cafe Europa and A Guided Tour of the Museum Of Communism, takes a look at what has changed and what has remained the same in the region in her daring new essay collection.

Totalitarianism did not die overnight and democracy did not completely transform Eastern European societies. Looking closely at artefacts and day to day life, from the health insurance cards to national monuments, and popular films to cultural habits, alongside pieces of growing nationalism and Brexit, these pieces of political reportage dive into the reality of a Europe still deeply divided.

By: Slavenka Drakulic
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780143134176
ISBN 10: 0143134175
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Cafe Europa Revisited: How to Survive Post-Communism

Drakulic's composite portrait provides a clear-eyed look at European values, and what they really amount to. --The New Yorker This far ranging yet intimate work invites readers to consider contemporary European life in all its complexities. --Booklist (starred) Graceful essays... a fine guide to many aspects of a region poorly understood by much of the West. A thoughtful insider's perspective on Eastern Europe's fitful steps toward democracy. --Kirkus Reviews