Once, Only the Swallows Were Free - Couverture souple

Gouch, Gabrielle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1921665998 ISBN 13 : 9781921665998

Editeur : Hybrid Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Twenty-five years after Gabrielle Gouch left her native land, Transylvania, communism collapsed and the author returned to Romania from Australia to visit her half-brother Tom who told her stories about his life under communism. Though the story is factual, the author uses her strong eye for detail and the techniques of fiction to create this engaging and thought-provoking account about ordinary people in turbulent times. These sad and funny tales are interleaved with the story of the rest of the family from which Tom became estranged. This memoir portrays the exodus of Jewish families from Romania and their arrival in the Promised Land, a dream come true for some but a shock for others. It explores issues of identity, disability, emigration and family relationships against a background of the major political events of the time from a perspective that challenges some accepted views.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

If you appreciated Anna Funder's Stasiland, you will find this first - hand account of life in communist Romania fascinating. What was it like to live and love in an atmosphere of mistrust and state paranoia? Twenty - five years after Gabrielle Gouch left her native land, Transylvania, communism collapsed and the author, now an Australian, returned to visit her half - brother Tom. The years of separation are difficult to erase, but he opens up eventually. In a cosy room with red Persian carpets and photographs of his mother, gentle Tom shares stories of his life, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking but never self - pitying. Though the story is factual, the author uses her strong eye for detail and the techniques of fiction to create this engaging and thought - provoking account about ordinary people in turbulent times. These sad and funny tales are interleaved with the story of the rest of the family from which Tom became estranged. This memoir portrays the exodus of Jewish families from Romania and their arrival in the Promised Land, a dream come true for some but a shock for others. It explores issues of identity, disability, emigration and family relationships against a background of the major political events of the time from a perspective that challenges some accepted views.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hybrid Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1921665998
• ISBN 13: 9781921665998
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible