Picnic at the Iron Curtain by Susan Viets

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Viets took her first trip to Communist Hungary when she was a student, but ended up working. It is a memoir that spans a period of momentous historical change from 1988-1998, following through with an eyewitness account of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. Delfryn, 14.99 paper (276p) ISBN 978-0-987. 'Picnic at the Iron Curtain' shows every day people at the centre of dramatic events from Budapest to Bishkek and Chernobyl to Chechnya. Lured by new travel opportunities, Viets shops her way across Central Asia, stumbling into a tank attack in Tajikistan and the start of the Tajik civil war. Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Ukraines Orange Revolution By (author):, Viets, Susan Subject BIOGRAPHY &.

She helps East Germans escape to the West at a picnic, moves to the Soviet Union where she battles authorities for accreditation as the first foreign journalist in Ukraine and then watches, amazed, as the entire political system collapses. In this adventure-packed memoir Susan Viets, a student turned journalist, arrives in Communist Hungary in 1988 and begins reporting for the Guardian, not at all prepared for what lies ahead. Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Ukraines Orange Revolution eBook : Viets, Susan: Amazon.ca: Boutique Kindle Aller au contenu principal. It is the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall when people are still willing to risk all to cross the Iron Curtain to the West. Welcome to the world of collapsing Communism. Read Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Ukraines Orange Revolution book reviews & author details and more at Amazon.in. It is also a 2012 Foreword's Book of the Year Award finalist and received an honorable mention at the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival. Amazon.in - Buy Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Ukraines Orange Revolution book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. Viets took her first trip to Communist Hungary when she was a student, but ended up working as a journalist for The Guardian and helping East Germans defect to the West. Picnic at the Iron Curtain won a 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist's award.

Picnic at the Iron Curtain by Susan Viets