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Stalin's Nose: Across the Face of Europe By Rory MacLean. 978184
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- Condition
- Title
- Stalin's Nose: Across the Face of Europe (Tauris Parke Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781845116231
- EAN
- 9781845116231
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
- Genre
- Travel, Political Science
- Topic
- Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Russia
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Product Information
This surreal and darkly comic tale is based on the author's journey from Berlin to Moscow, through Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, only weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1845116232
ISBN-13
9781845116231
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63848924
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Russia
Book Title
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
Language
English
Genre
Travel, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7in.
Item Length
7.8in.
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Width
5.3in.
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Preface by
Thubron, Colin
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' The Times "Crazy, charming, a delight." --John le Carré "Eccentric, amusing and chilling."-- The Economist "The best book I've read for a long time." --John Wells "As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'" --Jan Morris "The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia . A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page." --William Dalrymple "The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years." --Frank Delaney "A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating." -- Toronto Sun "There is pathos-and adventure-in spades… Stalin's Nose is an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism." -- Financial Times "It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good." -- Guardian "MacLean is…the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around." --William Dalrymple, Prospect, 'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' - The Times "Crazy, charming, a delight." --John le Carré "Eccentric, amusing and chilling."-- The Economist "The best book I've read for a long time." --John Wells "As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'" --Jan Morris "The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia . A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page." --William Dalrymple "The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years." --Frank Delaney "A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating." -- Toronto Sun "There is pathos--and adventure--in spades... Stalin's Nose is an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism." -- Financial Times "It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good." -- Guardian "MacLean is...the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around." --William Dalrymple, Prospect, 'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' The Times "Crazy, charming, a delight." --John le Carre "Eccentric, amusing and chilling."-- The Economist "The best book I've read for a long time." --John Wells "As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'" --Jan Morris "The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia . A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page." --William Dalrymple "The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years." --Frank Delaney "A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating." -- Toronto Sun "There is pathosand adventurein spades... Stalin's Nose is an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism." -- Financial Times "It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good." -- Guardian "MacLean is...the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around." --William Dalrymple, Prospect, 'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' - The Times *Crazy, charming, a delight.* --John le Carré *Eccentric, amusing and chilling.*-- The Economist *The best book I've read for a long time.* --John Wells *As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'* --Jan Morris *The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia . A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page.* --William Dalrymple *The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years.* --Frank Delaney *A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating.* -- Toronto Sun *There is pathos-and adventure-in spades... Stalin's Nose is an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism.* -- Financial Times *It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good.* -- Guardian *MacLean is...the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around.* --William Dalrymple, Prospect, 'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' - The Times *Crazy, charming, a delight.* --John le Carré *Eccentric, amusing and chilling.*-- The Economist *The best book I've read for a long time.* --John Wells *As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'* --Jan Morris *The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia . A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page.* --William Dalrymple *The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years.* --Frank Delaney *A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating.* -- Toronto Sun *There is pathos--and adventure--in spades... Stalin's Nose is an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism.* -- Financial Times *It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good.* -- Guardian *MacLean is...the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around.* --William Dalrymple, Prospect, 'A minor masterpiece of comic surrealism.' The Times"Crazy, charming, a delight." --John le Carré"Eccentric, amusing and chilling."--The Economist"The best book I've read for a long time." --John Wells"As an allegory it is powerful and frequently moving. As a tale it is tremendous fun. It is also a thing of beauty.'" --Jan Morris"The most extraordinary debut in travel writing since In Patagonia. A park, sardonic and brilliant book which grows in stature with every page." --William Dalrymple"The wittiest, most surreal travel writing of recent years." --Frank Delaney "A truly wonderful writer who has delved into the human condition around the world for two decades to create a canon of work that is invigorating, heartbreaking, hilarious, slyly seditious and ultimately illuminating." --Toronto Sun"There is pathos-and adventure-in spades…Stalin's Noseis an essential companion for anyone travelling to a part of the world still recovering from the horrors of the giant confidence trick that was communism." --Financial Times"It is a painful book of bitter old ages, or lives which have had their meanings repeatedly declared void. It is very hard and very good." --Guardian"MacLean is…the only major travel writer of his generation who is still exclusively and self-consciously a literary writer about travel. He is also one of the best around."--William Dalrymple,Prospect
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
914.7
Lc Classification Number
Djk19
Table of Content
* Map * If Pigs Could Fly * GERMANY * Let Us Eat Bananas * CZECHOSLOVAKIA * The Angel of Prague * Rooms of Memory * The End of Europe * HUNGARY * Shadows of History * Little Kings * The Moon Was Young * POLAND * Picnic at Auschwitz * May Day Parody * Field of Faith * ROMANIA * Man thinks, God laughs * Riding with the Best Man * Words Words Words * MOSCOVY * Communism and Constipation * A Pig in the Hand *
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Copyright Date
2008
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