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Then it was time for a little trip with the books again! This time it will be a journey in Eastern Europe, and at the same time a journey in history.
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Share5 books that take you on a journey in Eastern Europe
Today we present five fiction books that take you on a journey through Eastern Europe and history. The books are set in the communist era, during the Second World War and partly in the present day.
- Nina's journey by Lena Einhorn - 1940s: About life in the Warsaw ghetto and the unlikely escape from it.
- The man without destiny by Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész - 1944: A 14-year-old Hungarian Jewish boy is forced off the school bus and sent to Auschwitz.
- The man in the lake by Arnaldur Indridason - 1950s: An Icelandic crime drama half set in contemporary Iceland and half in communist Leipzig in the 1950s.
- Travelling with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski - 1957: A Polish journalist, in a communist and closed Poland, suddenly gets the opportunity to start travelling in the outside world.
- We camp in Österled by Nomadliv - 2009: Experience eight capital cities in Eastern Europe today, through this inspirational and factual book.
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Anita Löfstedt says:
Yes, you can always dream of travelling, we ourselves work as you understand from early spring to late autumn. Our winter interest is skiing, but when you retire, it would be a dream to own a "freedom" and just go.
// anita
13 November 2009 - 10:03
Egoina's mum says:
I was in Krakow for a long weekend about 5 years ago, primarily to see Birkenau and Auschwitz. An experience of a lifetime. In a small creek in Birkenau there are still ashes floating in the water... The electric fence in Auschwitz gives chills, as does the gas chamber which is much smaller than I imagined before. Having said that, I can recommend Krakow as a wonderful city. Very beautiful!!!
13 November 2009 - 19:29
Johanna Siljehagen says:
Oh, thank you so much for the book tips. My blog list doesn't update your posts very well. Was waiting for new posts and suddenly you commented and oh, how many days I missed. :=(
14 November 2009 - 14:28
Mifflan says:
Wow, such a cool blog! I have both read the books and dream of a caravan ...
On re-reading 🙂
14 November 2009 - 21:29
Anonymous says:
I'm glad you stopped by my blog, now I'm going to look through yours and see if I can find any good tips=)).
15 November 2009 - 14:56
Mifflan says:
If I do a good job of lobbying this year, we'll probably have a caravan for the summer 🙂 ).
15 November 2009 - 16:48