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Author Talk & Book Signing
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 11:00 AM
ANATOLE KONSTANTIN
A RED BOYHOOD: GROWING UP UNDER STALIN
Cos Cob Library
5 Sinawoy Road, Cos Cob, CT
Free and Open to the Public
The Cos Cob Library and Just Books are pleased to welcome Anatole Konstantin as he introduces his newest novel A Red Boyhood: Growing Up Under Stalin (University of Missouri Press; $29.95). Konstantin grew up in Germany and attended the Technical University of Munich; he immigrated to the United States in 1949 and continued his engineering studies at Columbia University. He is the founder of PDC International Corporation and lives in Connecticut.
When the secret police came for his father in 1938, ten-year-old Konstantin saw his family plunged into a morass of fear. His memoir of growing up in Stalinist Russia re-creates the daily trials of people trapped in this regime before and during the repressive years of World War II--and the equally horrific struggles of refugees afterwards. Konstantin reflects on his formal education under harsh conditions and his growing awareness of the contradictions between propaganda and reality. He tells of life in a small Ukrainian town before the war and of how some citizens collaborated with the Nazi occupation. He also offers a look at everyday life in early postwar Poland and Germany, as well as one of the few firsthand accounts of life in postwar Displaced Persons camps.
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Just Books is proud to support the community with a renewed and continued focus on customer service. Check out the Just Books' calendar for upcoming events, including book signings, book clubs, youth literacy and writing programs (Just Words @ Just Books on Monday nights). Also stop by anytime and meet the new owner Marion Holmes. Just Books also wants to hear from you, so please send us your favorites, recommendations and wish list! Just Books can special order any book, gift wrap and ship to anywhere in the U.S.
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