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In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Mak, Geert

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780307280572
Book Title
In Europe : Travels Through the Twentieth Century
Item Length
8 in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
2008
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
Geert Mak
Genre
Travel, History
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Europe / General
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Number of Pages
896 Pages

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From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-century. Geert Mak crisscrosses Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Srebrenica in search of evidence and witnesses of the last hundred years of Europe. Using his skills as an acclaimed journalist, Mak locates the smaller, personal stories within the epic arc of history-talking to a former ticket-taker at the gates of the Birkenau concentration camp or noting the neat rows of tiny shoes in the abandoned nursery school in the shadow of Chernobyl. His unique approach makes the reader an eyewitness to a half-forgotten past, full of unknown peculiarities, sudden insights and touching encounters. Sweeping in scale, but intimate in detail In Europe is a masterpiece.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307280578
ISBN-13
9780307280572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63904837

Product Key Features

Book Title
In Europe : Travels Through the Twentieth Century
Author
Geert Mak
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Europe / General
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Number of Pages
896 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
21 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Superb. . . . Mr. Mak is a skilled distiller of archival evidence, but his firsthand witnesses deliver us even more harrowingly into the past."- The New York Sun "An original, fresh and first-hand documented essay of recent European history. It's an ideal reading for anyone doing 'le grand tour' across the Old Continent."- The Washington Post "Dazzling, imaginative and mesmerizing."- The Tucson Citizen "Subtle. . . It is a testament to Mak's warmth and skill as a writer that even in a chronicle of unrelenting barbarity he has portrayed a humanity worth saving."- Time, "Twentieth-century history is sober business, yet "In Europe" is practically effervescent in its evocation of detail. Mak doesn't write about Auschwitz and the ethnically cleansed alleys of Srebrenica so much as personally lead you among the concrete walls of these places that have shaped our self-awareness." --Russell Shorto, author of "The Island at the Center of the World ""Fascinating, informative, sometimes exhilarating, often painful, and quite impossible to summarise... A wonderfully rich journey through time and space, packed with vivid images, enlivened by conversations and stories." --"The Literary Review ""A people's history that does not shy away from the bigger questions posed in the wake of two world wars... The real achievement here is not the unearthing of these nuggets of anecdotal history but the skill with which Mak sets them in context." --"The Herald ""A formidable achievement." --Jan Morris "Geert Mak is Europe's portrait-painter, its impressionist, its poet-musician, the reader of its people's minds. Pray, read his book!" --John Lucas, author of "June 1941: Hitler and Stalin ""It's impossible not to get drawn into this book. --"The Sunday Telegraph" "From the Hardcover edition.", "Superb. . . . Mr. Mak is a skilled distiller of archival evidence, but his firsthand witnesses deliver us even more harrowingly into the past." -The New York Sun "An original, fresh and first-hand documented essay of recent European history. It's an ideal reading for anyone doing 'le grand tour' across the Old Continent." -The Washington Post "Dazzling, imaginative and mesmerizing." -The Tucson Citizen "Subtle. . . It is a testament to Mak's warmth and skill as a writer that even in a chronicle of unrelenting barbarity he has portrayed a humanity worth saving." -Time
Dewey Decimal
940.5
Dewey Edition
22

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