Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1524748501 ISBN13: 9781524748500 Release Date: July 2023 Publisher: Pantheon Books Length: 400 Pages Weight: 0.05 lbs. Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6" In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism--illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history. "Eastern Europe" has gone out of fashion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ask someone today, and they might tell you that Estonia is in the Baltics or Scandinavia, that Slovakia is in Central Europe, and that Croatia is in the eastern Adriatic or the Balkans. In fact, Eastern Europe is a place that barely exists at all, except in cultural memory. Yet it remains a powerful marker of identity for many, with a fragmented and w