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Our Favourite Books in Translation from the ‘New East’
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Our Favourite Books in Translation from the ‘New East’

[...] and communism, up to the death of Tito. [...]
Boyd Tonkin
The Age of the Roma Witch
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The Age of the Roma Witch

[...] stakes Although after 1989 witchcraft became an industry in Romania, it was also a source of privilege under communism [...]
Ana Maria Luca
The Stalker’s Daughter
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The Stalker’s Daughter

[...] Anti-communists might have seen this as a metaphor for communism, while communists might have seen it as a [...]
Renata Lis
The Trickster from Prague
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The Trickster from Prague

[...] and a deep resistance against the Soviet model of Communism. [...]
Stach Szabłowski
The Dream Factory on the Vltava
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The Dream Factory on the Vltava

[...] under communism, as the head of the Czechoslovak Film Institute, she would come here to supervise the workshops [...]
Mateusz Demski
Truth and Fictions
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Truth and Fictions

[...] the Italian mafia – ed. note] a year ago in Slovakia led to the largest demonstrations since the fall of communism [...]
Mateusz Demski
Tradition Invented
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Tradition Invented

[...] During Communist times, these were elite products, while we were supposed to eat potatoes and cabbage. [...]
Monika Kucia
The Great Austrian Myth
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The Great Austrian Myth

[...] My father’s family supported Nazism, and Pauline was a post-war victim of communism, namely the Yugoslav partisans [...]
Łukasz Saturczak
Home Is Where the Heart Is
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Home Is Where the Heart Is

[...] Gică was one of the many people who suffered during the transition from communism. [...]
Dariusz Kuźma
Bright Soul
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Bright Soul

[...] The communist authorities had to issue a special permit for its construction. [...]
Paulina Wilk