{"product_id":"exit-into-history-a-journey-through-the-new-eastern-europe-paperback","title":"Exit Into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this arresting, intimate narrative journey, award-winning Eva Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries--Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia--historically transformed by the demise of Communism. The result is the penetrating personal odyssey across the \"other Europe\" and a vivid portrayal of a landscape in the midst of change. Hoffman combines the wise perspective of an outsider and the passionate concern of a native daughter to illuminate the forces informing the region's complex politics as she captures the texture of everyday life in a world in flux. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Indispensable for anyone who wants to seriously come to grips with the experience of Eastern Europe.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Complex and full of the unexpected . . . Hoffman earns our trust as an observer.\"--Tina Rosenberg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Written with incredible literary talent and intellectual soundness . . . An indispensable clue for anyone who is keen to understand how the new Europe is emerging from the debris of the Cold War period.\"--Ryszard Kapuscinski\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEva Hoffman \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Krakow, Poland, and emigrated to America in her teens. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation, Exit Into History, Shtetl, The Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Such Knowledge. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Award, and an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Hoffman lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 7.76 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755292262688,"sku":"9780140145496","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9abc4735fdc4d26623cae828c4c4d16e.webp?v=1780054858","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/exit-into-history-a-journey-through-the-new-eastern-europe-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}