Bloc Life

Stories from the Lost World of Communism

Peter Molloy

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English

Ebury Press
06 June 2019

History; European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; The Cold War; Marxism & Communism

For the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, riveting stories of daily life behind the Iron Curtain

There was life before the fall.

1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change- the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and an end to an entire way of life for millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. Bloc Life collects first hand testimony of the people who lived in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania during the Cold War era, and reveals a rich tapestry of experience that goes beyond the headlines of spies and surveillance, secret police and political corruption. In fact, many of the people remember their lives under communism as 'perfectly ordinary' and even hanker for the 'security' that it offered.

From political leaders, athletes and pop stars, to cooks, miners and cosmonauts, the stories collected in Bloc Life evoke the moods, preoccupations and experiences of a world that vanished almost overnight.

By: Peter Molloy
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781846076176
ISBN 10: 184607617X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 06 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Molloy is a multi-award winning producer of history and current affairs series for the BBC. He is the producer of The Lost World of Communism, on which this book is based, and his other credits include CIA, a history of America's intelligence agency , Plague Wars, about chemical and biological warfare, Dirty Money, about international financial crime, Tobacco Wars with Michael Buerk, Suez, and Clear the Skies, about 9/11.

Reviews for Bloc Life: Stories from the Lost World of Communism

The stories are by turns harrowing, miraculous and utterly compelling * The Sunday Times * This is a powerful and moving book evoking a way of life that seems long gone and far away, but was endured by millions of people less than 20 years ago, and just a few hundred miles away * The Mail on Sunday *