The break-up of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe by Ghita Ionescu
like a newspaper but a book… from 1965
Tag: ussr
Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich
fell orf my bike boohoo
Lost Time by Józef Czapski
a touch of proust
Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich
how recently the Nobel Prize meant something
Travels With Myself And Another by Martha Gellhorn
another racist travel book
The Road To Tahrir Square by Lloyd C. Gardner
US so vain, I bet you think Arab Spring is about you
Machos, Maricones, and Gays: Cuba and Homosexuality by Ian Lumsden
Many years ago I was given this academic book as a birthday present. My friend said, as he handed itContinue Reading
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This is a very serious book. It’s a deeply realist exploration of a single day in a Soviet-era prison camp,Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 