The Walls Behind the Curtain: East European Prison Literature, 1945-1990

Autorentext

Harold B. Segel is professor emeritus of Slavic literatures and comparative literature at Columbia University and the author of numerous books, including "The Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945 "and" The Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe Since 1945. "

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
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.