{"product_id":"caf-europa-isbn-9780140277722","title":"Café Europa","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world.” —Gloria Steinem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure democracy. But as Slavenka Drakulic observes, \"in everyday life, the revolution consists much more of the small things—of sounds, looks and images.\" In this brilliant work of political reportage, filtered through her own experience, we see that Europe remains a divided continent. In the place of the fallen Berlin Wall there is a chasm between East and West, consisting of the different way people continue to live and understand the world. Little bits—or intimations—of the West are gradually making their way east: boutiques carrying Levis and tiny food shops called \"Supermarket\" are multiplying on main boulevards. Despite the fact that Drakulic can find a Cafe Europa, complete with Viennese-style coffee and Western decor, in just about every Eastern European city, the acceptance of the East by the rest of Europe continues to prove much more elusive.Introduction: First-Person Singular\u003cbr\u003eCafé Europa\u003cbr\u003eInvisible Walls Between Us\u003cbr\u003eWhy I Never Visited Moscow\u003cbr\u003eIn Zoe's Bathroom\u003cbr\u003eTo Have and To Have Not\u003cbr\u003eA Smile in Sofia\u003cbr\u003eThe Pillbox Effect\u003cbr\u003eMoney, and How to Get It\u003cbr\u003eThe Trouble With Sales\"Insightful... This book not only helps to illuminate the political and social problems facing much of Eastern Europe, but also sheds new light on the daily life of its residents, their emotional habits, fears and dreams.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Drakulic is a perceptive and amusing social critic, with a wonderful eye for detail.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Profound and often bitingly funny... you'll never think about capitalism, modern history, or your perfect, white, American teeth in the same way again.\" —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003eSlavenka Drakulic was born in Croatia in 1949. The author of several works of nonfiction and novels, she has written for \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/b\u003e, and numerous publications around the world.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303346884837,"sku":"NP9780140277722","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140277722.jpg?v=1767723255","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/caf-europa-isbn-9780140277722","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}