A review by pearseanderson
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny by Witold Szabłowski

5.0

I listened to 2 hours of this each day until I finished by the end of my weekend. This was a fantastic book, wow. WOW! I'm so glad this was translated, it makes me think of all the great work that hasn't yet been translated from Easter Europe. This book taught me a lot, helped me sympathize with each of the players of these two dances (bear training and communism's collapse), and did so in a little volume. Felt more like a collection of articles put together in a series than anything else. I'm so glad NPR made this one of the best books of 2018.