Liberating Beauty of Little Things
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Liberating Beauty of Little Things by Bohuslava Bradbrook
This book is the story of an academic's escape from Czechoslovakia to England at the height of the Cold War. It is a poignant and timely reminder of the hardships and life without basic freedoms endured under Communism. It is also a documentary of the politics, sociology and history of those turbulent years in Europe as they influenced and restrained the life of academics under the yoke of Communism. Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a younger generation is already beginning to forget what made it imperative for so many individuals to leave their homes in Central Europe, in order to gain freedom and to demonstrate to the Communist authorities, the families and friends they left behind and their new hosts, just how important their escape to Liberty was.
"This book describes the process that must be gone through -- suspicion, interrogation, perhaps incarceration -- in the liberation from refugee status to citizen.." -- The Cambridge Society.
Bohuslava R. Bradbrook was born in Czechoslovakia and educated at the universities of Prague, Innsbruck and Oxford. She lives now in Cambridge, and is the author of Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Sussex Academic Press), as well as numerous articles and reviews on Czech literature
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| ISBN 13 | 9781898595342 |
| ISBN 10 | 1898595348 |
| Title | Liberating Beauty of Little Things |
| Author | Bohuslava Bradbrook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2000-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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