| Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe Contributor(s): Applebaum, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 052543318X ISBN-13: 9780525433187 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Travel | Russia |
| Dewey: 914.704 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Baltic - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the summer and fall of 1991, Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain, took a three month road trip through the freshly independent borderlands of Eastern Europe. She deftly weaves the harrowing history of the region and captures the effects of political upheaval on a personal level. An extraordinary journey into the past and present of the lands east of Poland and west of Russia--an area defined throughout its history by colliding empires. Traveling from the former Soviet naval center of Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Black Sea port of Odessa, Anne Applebaum encounters a rich range of competing cultures, religions, and national aspirations. In reasserting their heritage, the inhabitants of the borderlands attempt to build a future grounded in their fractured ancestral legacies. In the process, neighbors unearth old conflicts, devote themselves to recovering lost culture, and piece together competing legends to create a new tradition. Rich in surprising encounters and vivid characters, Between East and West brilliantly illuminates the soul of the borderlands and the shaping power of the past. |