Beschreibung:
Slavenka Drakulic is an author and journalist whose books include Cafe Europa, As If I Am Not There, They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in the Hague, and Frida's Bed. She is also a frequent contributor to journals such as the New Republic, Nation, New York Times, and the New York Review of Books.
Presents an unorthodox, imaginative take on the transition from Communism to capitalism in the former Soviet Union. This title features three stories that are unified by questions such as: Are democracy and capitalism really a change for the better? Is there such a thing as collective responsibility? And how do we remember and understand our past?