Between the East and West Across The Borderlands Of Europe pdf

Anne Applebaum es historiadora y periodista. Es redactora del Atlantic y miembro sénior del Instituto Agora de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Es autora de varios libros de historia, incluido GULAG, que ganó el premio Pulitzer de no ficción en 2004; EL TELÓN DE HIERRO, sobre la sovietización de Europa del Este después de la guerra, que ganó el Premio Cundill de Literatura Histórica 2013; y HAMBRE ROJA, que comienza con la revolución ucraniana de 1917, termina con la hambruna ucraniana de 1932-33 y proporciona los antecedentes del actual conflicto ruso-ucraniano. Su libro más reciente, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY, examina la atracción de las formas autocráticas de gobierno, especialmente para los intelectuales, en todo el mundo occidental.
Anne ha estado escribiendo sobre Europa del Este y Rusia desde 1989, cuando cubrió el colapso del comunismo en Polonia para la revista The Economist. También ha cubierto la política estadounidense, británica y europea para una amplia gama de publicaciones estadounidenses y británicas. Es ex columnista del Washington Post, ex miembro de la junta editorial del Washington Post y ex editora adjunta de la revista Spectator. Está casada con Radoslaw Sikorski, un político y escritor polaco, y vive en Polonia y Gran Bretaña.

Between the East and West Across The Borderlands Of Europe pdf por Anne Applebaum

Overview: A vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they emerged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years 'In this superb book, in which one senses the spirit of Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz, the dramatic world of the Eastern borderlands comes to life' Ryszard Kapuscinski As Europe's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, Anne Applebaum travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian mountains. Rich in vivid characters and stories of tragedy and survival, Between East and West illuminates the soul of a place, and the secret history of its people. 'A beautifully written and thought-provoking account of a journey along Europe's forgotten edge' Timothy Garton Ash 'A vivid and penetrating assessment of the lands between the Baltic and the Black Sea in all their drama and desolation . . . a wise and useful book' Robert Conquest 'Combines the excitement of a well-written and adventurous travelogue with sophisticated reportage' Norman Davies 'You will be totally absorbed' Norman Stone Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist, a regular columnist for the Washington Post and Slate, and the author of several books, including Gulag: A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, and Iron Curtain, which in 2013 won the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature and the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. She is the Director of Political Studies at the Legatum Institute in London, and she divides her time between Britain and Poland, where her husband, Radek Sikorski, serves as Foreign Minister.