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A Guided Tour Through The Museum Of Communism (2009)

by Slavenka Drakulić(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0143118633 (ISBN13: 9780143118633)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Penguin Group USA

review 1: I read three or four of the stories in this book, and my first thought was that this would be a perfect read for a college or AP High School class studying the days behind the Iron Curtain. This is a clever book, sarcastic, funny and inventive. Each animal represents an eastern European country and tells the story of the leader, the legacy and to some extent, the people living through it. I picked it up because I liked the title and cover, and I was not disappointed.
review 2: This is a series of essays on communism in Eastern Europe, told from the perspectives of animals who had survived the communist era and were now relating their experiences. This immediately brings to mind Orwell and Animal Farm, but the chapters are subtler than that, in that the animal c... morehosen has something to do with the message presented in the chapter. These are fables or parables but reflect real people and situations. My favorite was Tito's parrot, although the Hungarian pig attempting to produce a cook book is also both insightful and charming to read. You might have to look up some of the people and situations on the web, but the information is there and much of these stories has some basis in fact. Look up stray dogs in Bucharist for a touching example. Overall, if is an effective and very thoughtful set of essays. less

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