Name: Burying the Typewriter
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Burying the Typewriter

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EAN: 9781447210832 SKU: BRANDPICADOR- Category: Books

One of the 7 books shortlisted for the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing, April 2013 (UK)Winner of the Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction, a childhood memoir of political oppression and persecution during Romania’s Ceausescu years Carmen Bugan grew up amid the bounty of the Romanian countryside on her grandparent’s farm where food and laughter were plentiful. But eventually her father’s behavior was too disturbing to ignore. He wept when listening to Radio Free Europe, hid pamphlets in sacks of dried beans, and mysteriously buried and reburied a typewriter. When she discovered he was a political dissident she became anxious for him to conform. However, with her mother in the hospital and her sister at boarding school, she was alone, and helpless to stop him from driving off on one last, desperate protest.
After her father’s subsequent imprisonment, Bugan was shunned by her peers at school and informed on by her neighbors. She candidly struggled with the tensions of loving her “hero” father who caused the family so much pain. When he returned from prison and the family was put under house arrest, the Bugans were forced to chart a new course for the future. A warm and intelligent debut, Burying the Typewriter provides a poignant reminder of a dramatic moment in Eastern European history.

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Manufacturer	Picador	Brand	Brand: Picador
Author	Carmen Bugan	NumberOfItems	1
Item Weight	0.91 Pounds	ItemDimensions	5.71 x 0.98 x 8.82Inches
binding	Hardcover	Amazon Category	Books
EAN	9781447210832	ISBN	1447210832

Weight	0.91 lbs

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