The Hole in the Flag: A Romanian Exile's Story of Return & Revolution
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The Hole in the Flag: A Romanian Exile's Story of Return & Revolution

Andrei Codrescu
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A Romanian poet-in-exile returns to his native country in the wake of the 1987 revolution that overthrew communist dictator Nicholai Ceausescu, and examines the changes in the country and their effect on him
Genres: HistoryRomaniaNonfictionBiographyPoliticsHistoricalMemoir
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