List of books and articles about east european history online. The unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera, the tigers wife by tea obreht, the historian by elizabeth kostova. Despite its title, the novel takes place almost entirely in croatia and feels so deeply eastern european in sensibility that i found myself jotting down other books from that region once eclipsed by the ir. Eastern europe travel, europe travel, books barnes. Historical fiction centraleastern europe historical fiction set in various central eastern european locales germany, austria, bohemia, poland, hungary, holy roman empire, romania, switzerland, etc. Guide to the countries of eastern europe tripsavvy. Of course its somewhat easy for me to guess that eastern europeans will be more interested in these books than people from western cultures. Even a war in ukraine hasnt been enough to shatter the wests indifference. What are some good books on eastern europe and its history. A cultural history of russia by orlando figes, forgotten holocaust. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Eastern europe everything you need to know about the history and more of a region that shaped our world and still does.
Tibor fischers top 10 eastern european novels books. Best eastern european history books score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Historical fiction centraleastern europe 162 books. Common knowledge book awards 21 best eastern european novels. The ten coolest easterneuropean books youve never heard. More generally, this book examines how central european jewish thinkers reacted to the terrible crises of the twentieth centuryto war, genocide, and the.
Europe books to read while travelling in eastern europe traveling solo, im going to need some good reading for all the trains, planes, and buses ill be trekking along, and id like some. Books to read while travelling in eastern europe fodors. This 600page book can serve as both an introduction to eastern europe and a refresher to its intricate history. Despite its title, the novel takes place almost entirely in croatia and feels so deeply eastern european in sensibility that i found myself jotting down other books. Tibor fischer, author of the bookershortlisted under the. The unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera, the street of crocodiles by bruno schulz, a tomb for boris davidov. In the end such categories have vague boundaries, and eastern europe is pretty much a modern construct focused on the coldwar situation. Want to know why the poles are unchallenged as the hard men of eastern europe. Discover librarianselected research resources on east european history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Eastern european history, european history, books barnes.
Its always a bit humiliating to read an englishlanguage book with an eastern european character. I somehow doubt czechs or hungarians considered themselves that before the iron curtain made that decision for them. The ten coolest easterneuropean books youve never heard of. Get the most out of every day and dollar with rick steves eastern europe guidebooks, snapshot guides and pocket travel guides. Eastern europe is now a periphery like any other a bit provincial, a bit slow, but mostly calm, almost sedate. Discover our deals and build your europe vacation package. Grouping all of these countries under a single designation can sometimes be problematic. Eastern europe everything you need to know about the history. Going ahead with a couple of christa wolf books for now anyway.
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