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Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 2007
On Sale: August 21, 2007
56 pages
ISBN: 0374347018
EAN: 9780374347017
Hardcover
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“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the
Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.†Through annotated
illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter SÃs
shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw,
proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard
at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was
told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks
began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West
slowly filtered into the country. SÃs learned about beat
poetry, rock ’n’ roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his
hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a
rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a
teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles,
this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however,
brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led
invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of
new possibilities—creativity could be discouraged but not
easily killed.
By joining memory and history, SÃs takes us on his
extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand
to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art.
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