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Description edit
In this intimate narrative journey, Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries--Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia--to vividly portray a landscape in the midst of change. "Alert and intuitive."--The Washington Post. Author readings.
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Characters/People edit
- Anna: Add a description of this character.
- Pavel
- Helena
- Stefana
- Deyan
- Haraszti
- Dimitrina
- Tony
- Havel
- Agnieszka
- Peter
- Adam Michnik
- Iliescu
- Boris
- Mr. Manolescu
- Magda
- Kadar
- Kostek
- Walesa
- Kavan
- Ahmed
- Mihai
- Martin
- Wendy
- Renata
- Mircea
- Malicki
- Kafka
- Walcsa
- Petrescu
- Ionut
- Geremek
- Zsuzsa
- Zygmunt
- Marian
- Nemeth
- Ceausescu
- Gabor
- Ota
- Krzysztof
- Tykocin
- Milovice
- Zbyszek
- Nagy
- Mann
- Mr. Gradici
- Nadja
Setting & Locations edit
- Poland
- Romania Literara
- Hungary
- Eastern Europe
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- Bucharest
- Prague Spring
- Budapest
- Warsaw
- America
- Sofia
- Cracow
- New York
- Transylvania
- Yugoslavia
- Old Town
- United States
- Sapinta
- Gdansk
- England
- Central Europe
- Paris
- Stalin
- Bratislava
- Austria
- Vaci Utca
- Turkey
- Stoicho
- Plovdiv
- Germany
- Cimpulung
- Balkan
- Bukovina
- California
First Sentence edit
"The unexpected, the divine unexpected, is better found elsewhere."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eva Hoffman (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 914.30004
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