Opis
Award-winning American writer Ruth Ellen Gruber contributes regular Letters from Europe (and sometimes elsewhere) to the U.S. magazine „The New Leader”. Mixing travelogue with social and cultural commentary, she delves under the skin of European society to provide a closely observed, uniquely personal take on topics ranging from politics to pop music, from architecture to local cuisine. This volume collects a decade of her colorful, insightful reports – from 1997 to 2007. The datelines range from Warsaw and Sarajevo to Bucharest, London, Budapest, Brno, Nuremberg, Paris, the tiny village of Morruzze, Italy, and more. Spis treściForeword A letter from home Germany’s klezmer craze Italy’s new ‘in’ place The Jewish ghetto as history Standing on Hitler’s grandstand The busy italian demimonde Fast food and fine architecture Celebrating Mitteleuropa The beats in translation Benigni’s corrective vision The art of the siege Trouble on the overnight sleeper Romania’s new darkness Dancing in Wroclaw Building bridges in the Balkans Italy searches for its soul What Europeans really think of America Stocktaking in Poland Italy’s showbiz politics Aging with the stones Before real-time reporting Europe tastes the Wild West Truckin’ on the continent Freeways and cowboys in California England revisited Tramping to czech grass Sauerkraut cowboys