How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulić

How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed

Slavenka Drakulić

197 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Examining the relationship between material goods and expressions of happiness and individuality in a society where even bananas were an alien luxury, Drakulic homes in on the eradication of female identity, drawing on her own experiences as well ...

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informative 70%
reflective 70%
challenging 41%
emotional 35%
dark 17%
hopeful 17%
inspiring 17%
sad 17%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
lighthearted 5%
tense 5%

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slow 29%
fast 11%

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