{"product_id":"goodbye-eastern-europe-paperback","title":"Goodbye Eastern Europe (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn epic history of the ‘other’ Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written.’ Serhii Plokhy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEastern Europe is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. From the Baltics to the Balkans, from Prague to Kiev, the area exuded a tragicomic character like no other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a paean for a disappearing world of movable borders, sacred groves and syncretism. And an invitation to not forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘An insightful chronicle… distilling more than a decade of research, [Mikanowski] carefully argues that if something marks out Europe’s eastern half, it is not homogeneity but wild, glorious diversity.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEconomist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A lively and sweeping history.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGoodbye Eastern Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a thematic history of a divided half-continent, a goulash of imperial histories, shifting frontiers and heartbreaking family stories, spiced with myth and poet-martyrs, and deeply satisfying on the palate… vital and informed.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTLS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacob Mikanowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43602081022130,"sku":"9780861547326","price":310.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780861547326.jpg?v=1779703320","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/goodbye-eastern-europe-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}