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Finished it yesterday and really liked it. It gives a fascinating look into the inner workings of communism, something I'm really interested in. Can anyone recommend some similar books by Soviet Bloc writers?

>> No.1610463

A Tomb for David Boris Ovich?

>> No.1610464

>>1610463
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich.

>> No.1610482

>Soviet Bloc writers
Yugoslavia wasn't a part of the soviet bloc, but anyways - Meša Selimović and Ivo Andrić would be the standard go-to answers. Also, Milan Kundera.

>> No.1610488

>>1610482
It always slightly annoys me that people think Yugoslavia was in the Soviet Bloc. It probably shouldn't, but still.

Thanks to you and OP for recommendations btw.

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>>1610461
Unfortunately, that kind of writings remain un-promoted and un-translated in other language than the original.
But you could always read some Solzhenitsyn.

>> No.1610522

>Meša Selimović
The Fortress is my favorite book, unfortunately most English translations are absolutely atrocious, this one too but you may see if it's your kind of book from the first chapter or so:
http://books.google.com/books?id=7WbSSjE-B38C&lpg=PP1&ots=gHDr8NVMkU&dq=the%20fortress%2
0me%C5%A1a%20selimovi%C4%87&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false

>> No.1610560

>>1610522
OP here. Thanks this is exactly what I was looking for even tough it isn't set in communist times.

>> No.1610874

>>1610501
Archipelago can get quite boring at times, still very informative of the era you're interested in.