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Free a child and a country at the end of history

"A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. Lea Ypi grew up in the last Stalinist country in Europe: Albania, a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. While family members disappeared to what she was...

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Main Author: Ypi, Lea, 1979- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
Edition:First American edition.
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Ypi, Lea, > 1979- > Childhood and youth.
Albania > History > 20th century.
Albania > Politics and government > 20th century.
Albanians > Biography.
Political scientists > Biography.
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Stalin
  • The other Ypi
  • 471: a brief biography
  • Uncle Enver is dead
  • Coca-Cola cans
  • Comrade Mamuazel
  • They smell of sun cream
  • Brigatista
  • Ahmet got his degree
  • The end of history
  • Grey socks
  • A letter from Athens
  • Everyone wants to leave
  • Competitive games
  • I always carried a knife
  • It's all part of civil society
  • The crocodile
  • Structural reforms
  • Don't cry
  • Like the rest of Europe
  • Philosophers have only interpreted the world; the point is to change it.

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