(mostly fiction) books that deal with the experience, repercussions, and cultural memory of repressive regimes in the (former) eastern bloc. (work in progress.)
created by notOphelia
last updated April, 2026
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Anna Funder
The Women's Decameron
Julia Voznesenskaya
The Land of Green Plums
Herta Müller
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
Solenoid
Mircea Cărtărescu
Time Shelter
Georgi Gospodinov
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Deathless
Catherynne M. Valente
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