Slavenka Drakulic

Preface The Czech philosopher Jan Patocka said, 'It is morality that defines man.' But man has been ill-defined for a long time. Marx stood Hegel on his head: They know, yet they do.' In the wake lies Eastern Europe, which has appeared as a lost continent for over forty years. Eastern Europe...

A wry, cutting deconstruction of the Communist empire by one of Eastern Europe's exceptional authors. Called "a perceptive and amusing social critic, with a wonderful eye for detail" by The Washington Post , Slavenka Drakulic-a native of Croatia-has emerged as one of the most popular and...

»You must sit down«, says Love, »and taste my meat.« So I did sit and eat. George Herbert, Love (I11) I Es gibt nichts, das ich mehr hasse, als Großreinemachen, aber diese letzten drei Tage vor Weihnachten tat ich fast nichts anderes. Ich gab an die zwanzig Dollar aus für verschiedene...