This book offers a vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they eme
rged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years. "In this superb boo
k, in which one senses the spirit of Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz, the dramatic
world of the Eastern borderlands comes to life." (Ryszard Kapuscinski). As Europ
e's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, Anne Applebaum travelled from the Balt
ic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian moun
tains.