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Szabłowski, Witold, 1980-
Subjects
Post-communism -- Psychological aspects.
Bears -- Bulgaria.
Former Soviet republics -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Former Soviet republics -- Civilization.
Europe, Eastern -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Bulgaria -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Cuba -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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Szabłowski, Witold, 1980-
Post-communism -- Psychological aspects.
Bears -- Bulgaria.
Former Soviet republics -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Former Soviet republics -- Civilization.
Europe, Eastern -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Bulgaria -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Cuba -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny / Witold Szabłowski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
by
Szabłowski, Witold, 1980-
Penguin Books, 2018.
Call #:
947.086 S996d
Subjects
Post-communism
--
Psychological
aspects
.
Bears
--
Bulgaria.
Former Soviet republics
--
Civilization
--
21st century.
Former Soviet republics
--
Civilization.
Europe, Eastern
--
Civilization
--
21st century.
Bulgaria
--
Civilization
--
21st century.
Cuba
--
Civilization
--
21st century.
ISBN:
9780143129745
0143129740
Uniform title:
Tańczące niedźwiedzie. English
Alternate title:
True stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny.
Originally published:
Description:
xvii, 233 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Warsaw : Agroa S.A., 2014.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"For hundreds of years, Bulgarian Gypsies trained bears to dance, welcoming them into their families and taking them on the road to perform. In the early 2000s, with the fall of Communism, they were forced to release the bears into a wildlife refuge. But even today, whenever the bears see a human, they still get up on their hind legs to dance. In the tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, award-winning Polish journalist Witold Szabłowski uncovers remarkable stories of people throughout Eastern Europe and in Cuba who, like Bulgaria’s dancing bears, are now free but who seem nostalgic for the time when they were not. His on-the-ground reporting
--
of smuggling a car into Ukraine, hitchhiking through Kosovo as it declares independence, arguing with Stalin-adoring tour guides at the Stalin Museum, sleeping in London’s Victoria Station alongside a homeless woman from Poland, and giving taxi rides to Cubans fearing for the life of Fidel Castro
--
provides a fascinating portrait of social and economic upheaval and a lesson in the challenges of freedom and the seductions of authoritarian rule."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Lloyd-Jones, Antonia.
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