Dancing bears : true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny
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Lloyd-Jones, Antonia. tranalator.
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[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2018.
Physical Desc
xvii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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West Custer County Library District - NONFICTION | 947.086 SZABLOWSKI | On Shelf |
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[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2018.
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Book
Language
English
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"Originally published: Tańczące niedźwiedzie. Warszawa : Agora S.A. 2014."
Description
For hundreds of years, Bulgarian Gypsies trained bears to dance, welcoming them into their families and taking them on the road to perform. In the early 2000s, with the fall of Communism, they were forced to release the bears into a wildlife refuge. But even today, whenever the bears see a human, they still get up on their hind legs to dance. In the tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, award-winning Polish journalist Witold Szabłowski uncovers remarkable stories of people throughout Eastern Europe and in Cuba who, like Bulgarias dancing bears, are now free but who seem nostalgic for the time when they were not. His on-the-ground reporting-of smuggling a car into Ukraine, hitchhiking through Kosovo as it declares independence, arguing with Stalin-adoring tour guides at the Stalin Museum, sleeping in Londons Victoria Station alongside a homeless woman from Poland, and giving taxi rides to Cubans fearing for the life of Fidel Castro-provides a fascinating portrait of social and economic upheaval and a lesson in the challenges of freedom and the seductions of authoritarian rule.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Szabłowski, W., & Lloyd-Jones, A. (2018). Dancing bears: true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Szabłowski, Witold, 1980- and Antonia. Lloyd-Jones. 2018. Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Szabłowski, Witold, 1980- and Antonia. Lloyd-Jones. Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny Penguin Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Szabłowski, Witold, and Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny Penguin Books, 2018.
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