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Would you like to know more about
the people behind our books? This month, meet one
of our designers: Éva Szalay
Top list of American universities that have adopted the greatest number of CEU titles in the past five years: Carleton, Emory, George Washington, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, Wake Forest.
Most frequently adopted titles by North American universities are Prague Tales, A Life Under Russian Serfdom, Between Past and Future, Memoir of Hungary, and Ideologies and National Identities.
"A sharp, thoughtful, graciously written study, based on impressive research in the archives of the French and Italian parties, as well as East German records, for insights into Soviet actions. The book does not change the overall understanding of the positions and roles of the two parties, but it adds much rich detail and subtlety. Summing up: highly recommended". – Choice on Which Socialism, Whose Détente?
"Filled with new information and original ideas and offering intriguing incentives for further research, this well-edited volume is not only a remarkable edition to the literature on European eugenics but provides invaluable insights into the broader currents of intellectual life in central and southeast Europe.” – Slavic Review on Blood and Homeland
Both From Solidarity to Martial Law and Islam and Tolerance in Wider Europe are highly recommended by Choice.
"This is the book that I wish someone had given me the day I arrived in Prague" – Prague Post on From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier Svejk
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The Coming Spring
Stefan Zeromski
Translated and with an Introduction by Bill Johnston
Zeromski, whose vivid, assured style is instantly recognizable,
was a writer with a strong social conscience, taking
up the concerns of the poor and downtrodden.
The Coming Spring (Przedwiosnie), Zeromski's
last novel, tells the story of Cezary Baryka, a young
Pole who finds himself in Baku, Azerbaijan, then a predominantly
Armenian city, as the Russian Revolution breaks out.
He becomes embroiled in the chaos caused by the revolution,
and barely escapes with his life. Then, he and his father
set off on a horrendous journey west to reach Poland.
His father dies en route, but Cezary makes it to the
newly independent Poland. Cezary sees the suffering
of the poor, yet his experiences in the newly formed
Soviet Union make him suspicious of socialist and communist
solutions. He is an outsider among both the gentry and
the working classes, and he cannot find where he belongs.
Furthermore, he has unsuccessful and tragic love relations.
The novel ends when, despite his profound misgivings,
he takes up political action on behalf of the poor.
2007
450 pages
Paperback 978-963-7326-89-9 $17.95 / €13.95 / £9.95
Published in the series:
CEU Press Classics
ISSN 1418-0162
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