Books about Eastern Europe

* The International Sensation * In the tradition of THE SECRET HISTORY and THE ALIENIST - a captivating and suspenseful novel that delves into the true history of Count Dracula ...

A novel of irreconcilable loves and infidelities, which embraces all aspects of human existence, and addresses the nature of twentieth-century 'Being'.

This work explores the divisions that still exist in contemporary Europe. It focuses on Eastern Europe and the attitudes and cultural identity of Eastern Europeans, a nation of people still living in the past. Budapest, Tirane, Warsaw and Zagreb are featured.

A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms.

A study of gypsies - especially those of Eastern Europe - which is a blend of the scholarly and the personal. While researching the book, the author learned Romany and stayed with the gypsies, becoming deeply involved with their lives and befriending several gypsy kings.

The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.

Complete, practical country guide for independent travellers. Insightful new history, culture, food and environment chapters.

A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history, this book describes the development, over the centuries, of Yiddish language, religion, occupations and social life, art, music and literature.

Includes a stand-alone chapter on Montenegro. This Eastern Europe guide covers Albania and Macedonia. It also has an alphabetised directory chapter that makes practical information easy to find.

Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom he spent a brief night at a fertility spa is pregnant. She has decided he is the father and so begins a comedy which, during five madcap days, unfolds with ever-increasing speed.

In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. This book recounts the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It discusses about the events which were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, and more.

Offers an account of the war in former Yugoslavia and contains material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this region.

An account of how Kosovo became the crucible of one of the 20th-century's most poisonous ethnic conflicts. It analyzes the origins of the conflict, the course of the battle, the issues and personalities, and future options. This edition updates the story to, and beyond, the fall of Milosevic.

A group of American expats en route to adventure, inspiration, or perhaps even history in the making in exotic Prague, somehow get sidetracked and settle instead for the enigmatic and enlightening city of Budapest. With humour, the author captures the character of his contemporaries and renders the Hungary of the past.

Vladimir is a young Russian-American immigrant whose capitalist dreams and desire for a girlfriend lead him off the straight and narrow into uncharted territory.