People of a certain age in the Czech Republic have had the misfortune of experiencing the full blast of the worst of the 20th century. The Czech Republic was occupied by the Nazis longer than any other country. Quickly after the nightmare ended, years and years of gray totalitarianism started.
While I have not read this author, I can't help but read her obituary and be impressed by her dignity, her humanity, and her sheer ability to survive. Here's what the New York Times reviewer had to say about her book looking back on the worst of totalitarianism in Central Europe:
“This is an extraordinary memoir, so heartbreaking that I have reread it for months, unable to rise to the business of ‘reviewing’ less a book than a life repeatedly outraged by the worst totalitarians in Europe. Yet it is written with so much quiet respect for the minutiae of justice and truth that one does not know where and how to specify Heda Kovaly’s splendidness as a human being.”
Take a moment to click on my title and read about the life of Heda Kovaly, author of ''Under a Cruel Star.''
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Just ordered her book! Will be reading when the New Year starts! She is indeed a remarkable woman.
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