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In Another Europe: A J...
 
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Georgina Harding

In Another Europe: A Journey To Romania

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In 1988 the author rode her bike from Vienna to Istanbul, through Hungary, greeting its own form of glasnost with caution, then into Stalinist Romania, which she considered to be the most repressive and backward regime in Europe. The result is an exploration of East European identity.
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Steve
I am the first person to rate/review this. Only because it is out of print. It is a great read, essential if you have an interest in the changes to Europe in the late 80s, more from a human point of view than the politics.

I had arranged to meet Sandor the next dayoutside a cafe in a little square in the old Hungarian part of town. He was late, came running at six. 'I am sorry, I came straight from the factory. There is some crazy production plan so we never finish work. And I could not change....more
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Georgina Harding is the author of the novel The Solitude of Thomas Cave, and two works of non-fiction: Tranquebar: A Season in South India and In Another Europe. She lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex.
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