The Haunted Land
Click to look inside
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
The Haunted Land by Tina Rosenberg
In four newly democratic countries in Eastern Europe, communism's former victims and jailers are struggling to make sense of their history - and sometimes rewrite it. In this groundbreaking, stylishly reported book, a journalist travels across the battlefields of memory and asks: Who is guilty? How should they be punished? And who is qualified to judge them in states where almost every citizen was an accomplice? In East Germany, Tina Rosenberg follows the trial of the border guards charged with the last shooting at the Berlin Wall. In the Czech Republic, she meets a heroic dissident who has now been ostracized for having once cooperated with the old regime. In Poland, she speaks with General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the one-time architect of martial law who now presents himself as his country's savior. Out of these stories of conscience and complicity, courage and optimism, The Haunted Land delivers the final chapter of the greatest moral drama of our time.
Leaving behind careers in nursing, art historical research, and parent education, award-winning author, Tina Rosenberg has turned to her love of writing fiction. Her debut novel was inspired by a visit to Scotland's Glenapp Castle Hotel in 2004. Tina lives with her husband in Columbus, Ohio, and Mount Desert, Maine.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679744993 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679744991 |
| Title | The Haunted Land |
| Author | Tina Rosenberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1996-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Awards 1995, Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1996 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |