Lea Ypi (1979-)


Free

coming of age at the end of history

Ypi, Lea | FREE : coming of age at the end of history


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780141995106

Politisk biografi om att växa upp i ett isolerat land. Pocketutgåva från Penguin, 304 sidor.

  • Berättelse om att växa upp i Albanien.

  • Analyserar frihet och dess betydelse i en omvälvande tid.

  • Utgiven som pocket av Penguin, 304 sidor.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141995106

Omfång: 304
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2022-06-01

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Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. To Lea, it was home. People were equal, neighbours helped each other, and children were expected to build a better world. There was community and hope. Then, in December 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, everything changed. The statues of Stalin and Hoxha were toppled. Almost overnight, people could vote freely, wear what they liked and worship as they wished. There was no longer anything to fear from prying ears. But factories shut, jobs disappeared and thousands fled to Italy on crowded ships, only to be sent back. Predatory pyramid schemes eventually bankrupted the country, leading to violent conflict. As one generation's aspirations became another's disillusionment, and as her own family's secrets were revealed, Lea found herself questioning what freedom really meant. Free is an engrossing memoir of coming of age amid political upheaval. With acute insight and wit, Lea Ypi traces the limits of progress and the burden of the past, illuminating the spaces between ideals and reality, and the hopes and fears of people pulled up by the sweep of history.


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Boken handlar om Ypis uppväxt i Albanien, ett isolerat land där kommunistiska ideal präglade samhället, och beskriver hur livet påverkades av politiska förhållanden, gemenskap och hopp.

Centrala teman inkluderar politisk uppväxt, betydelsen av frihet, och hur historiska omvälvningar formar individens liv, särskilt i samband med familjehemligheter och samhälleliga drömmar.

Boken är en ny pocketutgåva på 304 sidor, utgiven på engelska av Penguin den 1 juni 2022.

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