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A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism
Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog & a Raven

Original edition:

Penguin, New York, 2011

Called “a perceptive and amusing social critic, with a wonderful eye for detail” by The Washington Post, Slavenka Drakulić has emerged as one of the most popular and respected critics of Communism to come out of the former Eastern Bloc. In A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism, she offers an eight-part exploration of Communism by way of an unusual cast of animal narrators, each from a different country, who reflect on the fall of Communism. Together they constitute an Orwellian send-up of absurdities during the final years of European Communism that showcase this author’s tremendous talent.

Another brilliant volume from Slavenka Drakulić. This time she offers nuanced, differentiated portraits of a ‘real socialism’ all over Eastern Europe.
Jan T. Gross, author of Neighbors
Beautifully render(s) the dilemma of life under Communism as a sharp instances of moral tragedy and poignant examples of the limits of self-knowledge. Literature here is an aide-mémoire, not just of historical experience, but of why we choose to forget.
Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
In a series of fables set in Eastern Europe, Drakulic , a native of Croatia, explores with wit, grace and humor the collapse of communism… It’s no coincidence that the epigraph of this fiction is from George Orwell, for Drakulic is similarly aware of moral failure and political excess.
Kirkus

Editions

2011

VIZITË ME CICERON në MUZEUM e KOMUNIZMIT

ISHM, Tirana

2011
2011

BASNE O KOMUNIZMU

Rende, Beograd

2011
2011

A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism – Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog & a Raven

Penguin, New York

2011
2010

KATT I WARSZAWA

Natur och kultur, Stockholm

2010
2010

LA GATTA DI VARSAVIA

B.C.Dalai editore, Roma

2010
2009

BASNI ZA KOMUNIZMA

Žanet 45, Bulgaria

2009
2009

MYŠ V MUZEU KOMUNIZMU

Aspekt, Bratislava

2009
2009

KATT I WARSZAWA

Natur och kultur, Stockholm

2009
2009

Basne o komunizmu

Profil, Zagreb

2009

Essays & Reviews About Book

Basne o komunizmu

Profil, Zagreb, 2009
  • Romić, Sanja (2010). Antuntun najpoklon u božićnoj kupovini. GLOBUS, January 1, p. 76
  • Pogačnik, Jagna (2009). Koki je izbrbljao sve o Titu i životu na Brijunima. Review, JUTARNJI LIST, December 21, p. 26
  • Hrgović, Maja (2009). Nismo spremni glasati za suštinske promjene. Interview, November NOVI LIST, December 12, p. 15

Katt i Warszawa

Natur och kultur, Stockholm, 2009
  • Lundén, Ulf (2009). I fablernas värld. Review, Available at: dalademokraten.se
  • Neuman, Ricki (2009). Jag lever fyra olika liv. Interview, SVENSKA DAGBLADET, November 18, p. 6- 7
  • Wistrand, Sten (2009). Böcker Slavenka Drakulic: "Katt i Warszawa". Review, HALLANDS NYHETER, November 12
  • Josefsson, Erika (2009). Kommunismens absurda detaljer. GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN, November 11, gp.se
  • Ekman, Michel (2009). Historia i fablernas värld. Review, SVENSKA DAGBLADET, November 9, p. 6
  • Peterson, Marie Papegojan tar udden av viktigt allvar.

Myš v múzeu komunizmu a iné životy pod psa

Aspekt, Bratislava, 2009
  • Kulihová, Alica (2010). Bájky o komunizme nie sú žiadne bájky. KNIŽNÁ REVUE, January 19, p. 9

A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism – Fables from a mouse, a parrot, a bear, a cat, a mole, a pig, a dog & a raven

Penguin, New York, 2011