Stubborn Life Hardship and Hope In Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland
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The end of the 1920s, the author''s first memory: a knock on the door and the arrest of her uncle, guilty of ''anti-Soviet activities.'' He is to be executed. Born in 1923, a dozen or so kilometers fr...
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The end of the 1920s, the author''s first memory: a knock on the door and the arrest of her uncle, guilty of ''anti-Soviet activities.'' He is to be executed. Born in 1923, a dozen or so kilometers from the pre-war Polish-Soviet border, Franceska Michalska is a citizen of occupied Ukraine. Her family, finding a nest of eggs to eat, miraculously survive the great famine of 1931 32 before falling victim to growing Stalinist terror and the mass deportation of Poles from the region to Kazakhstan. All the while, Franceska dreams of studying medicine. 8,000 km and infinite difficulties later, she enters Poland and becomes a doctor, finally obtaining the Polish nationality she never had. Writing in a heartfelt yet matter-of-fact style, Michalska brilliantly evokes daily life under Russian occupation. Now more than ever, this memoir reads like a warning against history repeating, while at the same time offering a testament to human strength and to hope.
Detaljer
Forlag
World Editions
ISBN
9781642861525
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
200
Udgivelsesdato
05-11-2024
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3216912
EAN nr.
9781642861525
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Bredde (mm)
203
Længde (mm)
127