03497nam a2200433 i 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020002500095020002700120040003500147035002100182041001300203043001200216050002600228082001900254245009900273264005800372264001200430300005200442336002100494337002300515338003200538490005300570504005100623520154700674588004702221590014702268650006702415651007002482655002202552700003802574776024702612797001202859830004902871856012602920999001703046ebr10905447CaPaEBRm     o  d        cr cn|||||||||120608t20122012paua    ob    001 0 eng|d  z9780822962021 (pbk.)  a9780822978022 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRbengerdaepncCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)8596722621 aenghmul  aee-----14aPN6069.P7bW35 2012eb04a808.8/994722304aThe walls behind the curtain :bEast European prison literature, 1945-1990 /cHarold B. Segel. 1aPittsburgh :bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,c[2012] 4c�2012  a1 online resource (449 pages) :billustrations.  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier1 aPitt series in Russian and East European studies  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Because of their visibility in society and ability to shape public opinion, prominent literary figures were among the first targets of Communist repression, torture, and incarceration. Authors such as Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn famously documented the experience of internment in Soviet gulags. Little, however, has been published in the English language on the work of writers imprisoned by other countries of the Soviet bloc. For the first time, The Walls Behind the Curtain presents a collection of works from East European novelists, poets, playwrights, and essayists who wrote during or after their captivity under communism. Harold B. Segel paints a backdrop of the political culture and prison and labor camp systems of each country, detailing the onerous conditions that writers faced. Segel then offers biographical information on each writer and presents excerpts of their writing. Notable literary figures included are Vaclav Havel, Eva Kanturkova, Milan SimeCka, Adam Michnik, Milovan Djilas, Paul Goma, Tibor Dery, and Visar Zhiti, as well as many other writers. This anthology recovers many of the most important yet overlooked literary voices from the era of Communist occupation. Although translated from numerous languages, and across varied cultures, there is a distinct commonality in the experiences documented by these works. The Walls Behind the Curtain serves as a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit and a quest for individual liberty that many writers forfeited their lives for. "--cProvided by publisher.  aDescription based on print version record.  aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPrisoners' writings, East EuropeanvTranslations into English. 0aEurope, EasternvLiterary collectionsvTranslations into English. 0aElectronic books.1 aSegel, Harold B.,d1930-eauthor.08iPrint version:tWalls behind the curtain : East European prison literature, 1945-1990.dPittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2012]hx, 436 pages ; 24 cm.kPitt series in Russian and East European studiesz9780822962021w(DLC)109054472 aebrary. 0aSeries in Russian and East European studies.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10905447zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c67842d67842