Author

Publication

1997 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

94,500 words, Guess

Page Count

378 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL668477M
  • ISBN-100802116132
  • OCLC Control Number36768168
  • Library of Congress Control Number97014270
  • Goodreads1133797
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  • LibraryThing906055

Classifications

  • DDC818/.5403
  • LCCPC840.26.O57 Z477 1997

Description

"In 1989, Romania exploded in revolution. Suddenly the borders were open and those who had fled Nicolae Ceausescu's tyranny could now revisit their roots. Among them was Petro Popescu, once Romania's most famous opposition writer, now a best-selling American author and successful Hollywood filmmaker." "This book is the story of his journey. It is also a fascinating historical account of growing up under "ordinary Communism." Witnessing political killings, coming of age in a regime where even sex was state-regulated, finally tricking Ceausescu himself into giving him the chance to defect, Popescu's odyssey encapsulates many of the major events of the late twentieth century. Popescu's American wife, Iris, is the daughter of Holocaust survivors; thus within one American family are combined two powerful immigrant sagas: survival of Nazism and flight from Communism."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

TravelRomaniaJourneysBiographyExiled AuthorsAuthors, ExiledRomanian Authors

People

Petru Popescu (1944-)

Times

Genres

  • Biography.

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