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Author:

Szabłowski, Witold, 1980- author.

Title:

Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny / Witold Szablowski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

233 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Post-communism--Psychological aspects.
Bears--Bulgaria.
Bulgaria--Civilization--21st century.
Europe, Eastern--Civilization--21st century.
Cuba--Civilization--21st century.

Other Authors:

Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, tranalator.

Other Titles:

Tańczące niedźwiedzie. English

Notes:

"Originally published: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."

Contents:

Part 1. Love -- Freedom -- Negotiations -- History -- Instincts -- Hibernation -- Lions to Africa -- Castration -- Dancing bears -- The end -- Part 2. Love -- Cuba: the McRevolution is coming -- Freedom -- Poland / United Kingdom: Lady Peron -- Negotiations -- Ukraine: nothing bleeps for the smugglers -- History -- Albania: The end of the concrete toadstools -- Instincts -- Estonia: Tea with the invader -- Hibernation -- Poland: Hobbits at the state farm -- Lions to Africa -- Serbia: Pop art Radovan -- Serbia: Chickens for the Serbs -- Castration -- Georgia: Stalin's vestal virgins -- Dancing bears -- Greece: We'll sweep capitalism away.

ISBN:

0143129740
9780143129745 (softcover)

LCCN:

2017043107

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)