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The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

by Peter Sis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 56 PAGES
  • FAMILY

With his usual flair and attention to detail, illustrator Peter Sis reveals life as a youth in Prague in the 1960s and 1970s, deftly sketching the events, experiences and history of an era. Effectively alternating color and media (Prague Spring of 1968 erupts to psychedelic color, Stalin's tanks are darkly foreboding), the page margins are dense with childhood art, photographs, and advertising and propaganda from the time, lending documentary weight to a poignant, personal tribute to the creative spirit -- and the longing for freedom.  (CZH78, $18.99)


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