Here's the synopsis:
61-year-old Feliks is a naturalized Frenchman, a displaced Pole and former Communist-and a curmudgeon-who has made his living writing a yearly travel guide to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In 1991, with the Curtain now fallen, Feliks finds his beliefs beginning to crumble around him. When a rapacious American publisher offers to buy out his life's work, Feliks must travel to the country he has long despised, and so begins the wry and moving tale of a man who awakens from self-imposed isolation into a changed world he must get to know all over again. So unfolds a story of family, war, politics, a second chance at love, and one man's quest for himself.
Sounds good, doesn't it?
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interesting! that's quite a unique take on that time era. I'd love to read it.
Posted by: Leah | July 30, 2010 at 05:10 AM
sounds lovely. second chances always get me.
Posted by: Jessica | July 30, 2010 at 08:19 AM
Sounds awesome! I think I'd really enjoy it!
Posted by: Hope | July 31, 2010 at 06:58 AM
I would love to read this.
Posted by: Roberta Codemo | August 06, 2010 at 01:22 PM
I'm a huge history buff s well as a huge reader. This book sounds amazing. Not many books take such a unique look at the era of the Nuclear Arms Race and the Cold War. Would love to read it, if anyone reads it let me know what they think.
Posted by: Aikaterini Makridakis | August 12, 2010 at 11:09 AM
This sounds great. I love historical fiction and I need a new story I can get lost in after YEARS of legal reading! :)
Posted by: Stephanie Court | August 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM