false 1303414 1 &#8220;I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side&#8212;the Communist side&#8212;of the Iron Curtain.&#8221; <BR><BR>Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. <BR><BR>Questions sprang up in Sís' adolescence. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sís learned about beat poetry, rock &#8217;n&#8217; roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities&#8212;creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed. <BR> <BR>By joining memory and history, Sís takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art. 1292615 21 8 2007 The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain total:610|5:256|4:227|3:102|2:23|1:2| 610 2542 867 183 4 5 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 19:03:33 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 18:50:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Oct 30 20:27:23 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 20:30:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 18:04:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:22:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 09:27:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:28:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 09:27:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:05:41 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:18:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 24 08:24:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 11:33:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 23:52:13 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 03 17:45:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:16:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:17:42 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Fri Aug 24 18:27:33 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 10:06:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 19:19:44 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 19:22:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 15:44:46 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 16:07:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 08:38:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:29:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 09:49:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 09:49:48 -0700 2009
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