Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny /
Szabłowski, Witold, 1980-
Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny / True stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny. Witold Szabłowski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. - xvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"Originally published: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."
Part 1. Love -- Freedom -- Negotiations -- History -- Instincts -- Hibernation -- Lions to Africa -- Castration -- Dancing bears -- The end -- Part 2. 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.
An account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives.
9780143129745 0143129740
2017043107
Post-communism--Psychological aspects.
Bears--Bulgaria.
Bulgaria--Civilization--21st century.
Europe, Eastern--Civilization--21st century.
Cuba--Civilization--21st century.
Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny / True stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny. Witold Szabłowski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. - xvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"Originally published: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."
Part 1. Love -- Freedom -- Negotiations -- History -- Instincts -- Hibernation -- Lions to Africa -- Castration -- Dancing bears -- The end -- Part 2. 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.
An account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives.
9780143129745 0143129740
2017043107
Post-communism--Psychological aspects.
Bears--Bulgaria.
Bulgaria--Civilization--21st century.
Europe, Eastern--Civilization--21st century.
Cuba--Civilization--21st century.