Goodbye Eastern Europe

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An Intimate History of a Divided Land

By Jacob Mikanowski

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Goodbye Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski takes readers on a compelling journey through the rich and complex history of Eastern Europe. The book explores the region's diverse cultural landscapes, highlighting its unique blend of traditions, challenges, and resilience. It provides an insightful perspective on how historical events have shaped the region's identity and its people's enduring spirit.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the rich, complex history and diverse cultures of Eastern Europe. It offers an engaging exploration of the region's past while delving into the unique stories and significant events that have helped shape its current identity. This book appeals to history enthusiasts interested in understanding the nuanced perspectives and intertwined destinies of Eastern European countries.

Goodbye Eastern Europe

A farewell to Eastern Europe and its vanishing culture.

A farewell to Eastern Europe, and its vanishing culture of polytheism, vampires, sacred groves, and movable borders.

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Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea.

Today it calls to mind a jumble of post-Soviet states paved over with C&A and McDonald’s. We could describe Eastern Europe as a group of twenty nations – but why? For most of their history, they weren’t nations at all.

The region is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. Eastern Europe abounds with peoples tied together by tragicomic twists of fate. Lives could be turned upside down by distant decrees from Vienna or Istanbul, or just as easily by a stubborn bureaucrat in your village. In twentieth-century Knust, you could live in six different countries without ever leaving your house. You could get married any day, but buying a teakettle was a singular event.

Goodbye Eastern Europe is a eulogy for a world we are losing, a vanishing culture of polytheism, vampires, sacred groves, and movable borders.

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Goodbye Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski is praised for its insightful and eloquent narrative, vividly portraying the diverse and resilient history of Eastern Europe. The book interweaves personal stories with scholarly research, challenging stereotypes and revealing the cultural richness beyond its post-Soviet identity. Mikanowski's writing is celebrated for its beauty, wit, and ability to illuminate the complex past of a region often misunderstood, offering a compelling exploration of its vibrant, multi-layered heritage.

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ISBN: 9780861542598

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oneworld Publications

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Jacob Mikanowski is a writer and academic. His parents were Polish immigrants to the US, and he spent his childhood between Poland and Pennsylvania. He is now a PhD candidate at the UC Berkeley in California. Concurrently, he has become a well-known essayist and freelance journalist, writing pieces for publications including the Guardian, New York Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, Harper’s, Slate, Aeon, Prospect Magazine and many more. His two long reads for the Guardian were included in the paper’s ‘Best of the Year’ round-up in 2018.

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