| Room Service: Reports from Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Swartz, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565844181 ISBN-13: 9781565844186 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: Room Service offers detailed images of the people and places of Richard Swartz's adopted slice of Europe, and thoughtful reflection on his status as a privileged outsider. We meet Serbian poets and priests in the service of war, the bewitching wife of a Romanian bigot, a Czech factory manager turned hotel porter in the wake of 1968, Ceaucescu's masseuse, the king of all the gypsies, a cantor who is the last survivor of a Jewish community, and many others - famous, infamous, and anonymous - who take their places in a fascinating, moving, and sometimes cuttingly funny history of a region at the brink of enormous change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.097 |
| LCCN: 97036414 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.46" W x 9.59" (1.16 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Room Service offers richly detailed images of the people and places of Richard Swartz's adopted slice of Europe, and thoughtful reflection on his status as a privileged outsider. We meet Serbian poets and priests in the service of war, the bewitching wife of a Romanian bigot, a Czech factory manager turned hotel porter in the wake of 1968, Ceau escu's masseuse, the king of all the gypsies, a cantor who is the last survivor of a Jewish community, and many others--famous, infamous, and anonymous--who take their places in a fascinating, moving, and sometimes cuttingly funny history of a region at the brink of enormous change. Now translated into almost every European language, Room Serviceblends travel writing, reflection, and reportage to paint a rich literary portrait of Eastern Europe in transition. |
