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    Once, Only the Swallows Were Free
    Once, Only the Swallows Were Free
    A Memoir
    If you appreciated Anna Funder's Stasiland, you will find this first - hand account of life in communist Romania fascinating. What was it like to live and love in an atmosphere of mistrust and state paranoia? Twenty - five years after Gabrielle Gouch left her native land, Transylvania, communism collapsed and the author, now an Australian, returned to visit her half - brother Tom. The years of separation are difficult to erase, but he opens up eventually. In a cosy room with red Persian carpets and photographs of his mother, gentle Tom shares stories of his life, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking but never self - pitying. Though the story is factual, the author uses her strong eye for detail and the techniques of fiction to create this engaging and thought - provoking account about ordinary people in turbulent times. These sad and funny tales are interleaved with the story of the rest of the family from which Tom became estranged. This memoir portrays the exodus of Jewish families from Romania and their arrival in the Promised Land, a dream come true for some but a shock for others. It explores issues of identity, disability, emigration and family relationships against a background of the major political events of the time from a perspective that challenges some accepted views.
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    Book Author
    Gabrielle Gouch
    Genre Biography & Autobiography
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9781459680081
    Publisher
    Hybrid Publishers
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    UP TO 30 DAYS (?)

    Publication Date
    22-May-2014

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