TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldsworthy,Vesna
TI  - Iron curtain: a love story : a novel 
SN  - 9781324021728
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Soviets (People)
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Man-woman relationships
N2  - "Abounding in exquisite narrative irony, this compulsively readable retelling of the Medea myth is an unexpected East-meets-West love story and a masterful meditation on the true nature of freedom. Milena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state in the 1980s. She enjoys limitless luxury and limited freedom; the end of the Cold War seems unimaginable. When she meets Jason, a confident British poet, Milena is appalled by his political naivety and his poor choice of footwear. Still, they fall into bed together, and before long Milena is secretly planning to escape to Britain. When she does, 1980s London defies her privileged expectations. The rented flat is grim and the food is disgusting but she is with the man she loves and there are no hidden cameras to record her every move. To her surprise, however, Milena discovers that Jason's idea of freedom hurts even more. With sharp wit and tender precision, Vesna Goldsworthy unpicks the failures of family and state. Iron Curtain is a sly, elegant human drama that challenges the myths we tell ourselves"--
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