A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, and a Raven
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143118633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Slavenka Drakulic was born in Croatia in 1949. The author of several works of nonfiction and novels, she has written for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and numerous publications around the world
Along the way, Drakulic achieves a measured (if silly) survey of communism and its fall that is neither vitriolic nor nostalgic, nor wholly cynical or awed by Western capitalism. . All rights reserved. It's a strange project, partially successful, and likely to hold undeniable appeal to a limited audience. The animal narrators—a mouse, a bear, a dog among them—are generally charming, though the harshness of the book's subject and the quaintness of its methodology makes for odd pairings, with some of the attempted lightheartedness coming off as awkward or just plain botched (as with the pig who is supposedly writing an introduction to a cookbook but instead goes on a political screed). (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. From Publishers Weekly Drakulic, Croatian journalist and author of Café Europa, presents a condensed and whimsical history of communism filtered through the pers
In A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism, she offers a eight-part exploration of Communism by way of an unusual cast of narrators, each from a different country, who reflect on the fall of Communism. A wry, cutting deconstruction of the Communist empire by one of Eastern Europe's exceptional authors. Called "a perceptive and amusing social critic, with a wonderful eye for detail" by The Washington Post, Slavenka Drakulic-a native of Croatia-has emerged as one of the most popular and respected critics of Communism to come out of the former Eastern Bloc. Together they constitute an Orwellian send-up of absurdities during the final years of European Communism that showcase this author's tremendous talent.
Lighthearted stories on some depressing topics Nikolai Yakovenko Even better than the author's brilliant first book (Cafe Europa).The author tells some dark stories of various communist countries history, using animals to de-humanize them. Great book for children or adults who don't know much about Hungary, Albania or Tito, and don't want to be depressed learning about it.Highly recommended.. Lonya said "'You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out.. Go where you belong from now on--into the dustbin of history!" Leon Trotsky.It is with no small amount of irony perhaps that the dustbin through which the reader travels in Slavenka Drakulic's "A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism" is not the dustbin envisioned by Leon Trotsky in 1917 but, rather, the ash heap envisioned by U.S. President Reagan in his speech to the British House of Commons in 198""'You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out." according to Lonya. Go where you belong from now on--into the dustbin of history!" Leon Trotsky.It is with no small amount of irony perhaps that the dustbin through which the reader travels in Slavenka Drakulic's "A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism" is not the dustbin envisioned by Leon Trotsky in 1917 but, rather, the ash heap envisioned by U.S. President Reagan in his speech to the British House of Commons in 1982.Drakulic's tour takes you through each of the countries of . .Drakulic's tour takes you through each of the countries of . Simple tales, profound messages keetmom This little handbook could just have easily been entitled Drakulic's Fables as it mimics Aesop's cautionary tales drawing from the tragedy of Communist Eastern Europe. Her rendering of profound moral learning in the form of simple narratives relayed in commonplace terms by everyday creatures is masterly. As someone who had lived through and suffered so many of the harsh realities she describes it must have taken extraordinary skills to lift her gaze and construct su