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Slavenka Drakulic

A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, and a Raven Paperback – February 22, 2011

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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 respected critics of Communism to come out of the former Eastern Bloc. In A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism, she offers a eight-part exploration of Communism by way of an unusual cast of narrators, each from a different country, who reflect on the fall of Communism. Together they constitute an Orwellian send-up of absurdities during the final years of European Communism that showcase this author's tremendous talent.

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Drakulic, Croatian journalist and author of Café Europa, presents a condensed and whimsical history of communism filtered through the perspective of animals who share little tales that largely focus on figures like Tito and Ceausescu. Along the way, Drakulic achieves a measured (if silly) survey of communism and its fall that is neither vitriolic nor nostalgic, nor wholly cynical or awed by Western capitalism. Running throughout is an awareness of how the past is eroding, with young people blissfully unaware of history. The animal narrators—a mouse, a bear, a dog among them—are generally charming, though the harshness of the book's subject and the quaintness of its methodology makes for odd pairings, with some of the attempted lightheartedness coming off as awkward or just plain botched (as with the pig who is supposedly writing an introduction to a cookbook but instead goes on a political screed). It's a strange project, partially successful, and likely to hold undeniable appeal to a limited audience. (Mar.)
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“[A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism] beautifully renders the dilemmas of life under Communism as sharp instances of moral tragedy and poignant examples of the limits of self-knowledge. Literature here is an aide-memoire, not just of the historical experience, but of why we choose to forget.” —Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny

Publisher : Penguin Books; Edition Unstated (February 22, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143118633
ISBN-13 : 978-0143118633
Item Weight : 5.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5 x 0.41 x 7 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #541,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,221 in Communism & Socialism (Books)
- #2,295 in Political Fiction (Books)
- #5,214 in Fiction Satire

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Nikolai Yakovenko

Lighthearted stories on some depressing topics

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2011

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Even better than the author's brilliant first book (Cafe Europa).

The author tells some dark stories of various communist countries history, using animals to de-humanize them. Great book for children or adults who don't know much about Hungary, Albania or Tito, and don't want to be depressed learning about it.

Highly recommended.

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Wynfrieda

Mixed feelings

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2015

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There are some interesting insights shared in this work, but the format can become wearing.

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Julia

Good book, but I was disappointed by the physical ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018

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Good book, but I was disappointed by the physical binding. After reading through a couple pages, the glue between the cover and pages broke apart.

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Been There

Excellent Stories!

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014

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Wasn't quite what I expected but I was totally charmed and blown away. I grew up during the Cold War, so not sure if anyone that didn't would understand or appreciate these stories.

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S Williams

A great tool in understanding Communism

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015

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A pleasure to read. A great tool in understanding Communism.

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C. Hill

Not what I was expecting

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011

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To enjoy and to "get" this book, you would have to be student of history, and have a more thorough understanding of Eastern Block countries. Since that is not me, a lot of the humor, and the understanding of events I was unable to identify with.

The author is talented, with a good sense of humor, and the book was well written. However, for me, it's one of things where "you had to be there" to really understand and appreciate the work and subject matter that was covered.

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BarClay

Wasn't there a better way?

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019

On her acknowledgements page, Ms. Drakulic thanks the people that provided grants for the writing of this book.

I can well believe grants were necessary. This book had some interesting things to say, but it was encumbered by the "fable" vehicle used to relate them. No publisher would have touched it without a couple of grants to grease the skids. Each chapter is a new animal voice, and it seemed a little pretentious and gimicky. Ms. Drakulic attempted to comment on human foibles through the voice of her chosen animal, but it really only muddied the waters as far as I was concerned.

Because I finished it, I gave it two stars, but it was hard slogging. Also, there were some interesting facts, especially in the chapter related by the mole, but I couldn't help but feel this could have been done better.

This book is not recommended by me (obviously.) But some people seemed to have reacted better to it than I did. The choice is yours.

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L. arzaghi

Highly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2018

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Very good book! Easy to read even for beginners, you wont put it down before you finnish the book! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

C. D. Armstrong

Gimmicky and self satisfied

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2011

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A promising literary concept which never materialised despite a few brief patches. I've passed my copy on to Halifax Central Library.

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Alexandra

Umwerfend gut

Reviewed in Germany on April 19, 2011

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Früher sagte man: "Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund"! Hier muss man sagen: "Tiere sprechen tiefe Erkenntnisse aus"!
Aus der Sicht von Haustieren werden die Verhältnisse im und nach dem Fall des Kommunismus in verschiedenen osteuropäischen Staaten beleuchtet. Der Papagei von Tito erinnert sich an viele Begebenheiten, der streunende Hund aus dem Ceaucescu zerstörten Bukarest, der Tanzbär aus Bulgarien und noch viele mehr schildern aus den vergnüglichsten Tierperspektiven äusserst ernste Vorgänge und schaffen so eine bittersüsse Atmosphäre, die man mit Begeisterung liest.

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