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Burying the Typewriter: Childhood Under the Eye of the Secret Police

Burying the Typewriter: Childhood Under the Eye of the Secret Police

by Carmen Bugan (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, Carmen Bugan's father left the family home, alone. That afternoon, Carmen returned from school to find secret police in her living room. Her father's protest against the regime had changed her life for ever. This is her story.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Picador
Published: 28 Mar 2013
ISBN 10: 1447210840
ISBN 13: 9781447210849
Book Overview: 'This story starts roughly in the 1970s, a few years after I was born, about the time when I began to have memories and my father's codename was already long established as Andronic , a name we learned about only last summer ...'

Media Reviews
'Startling warmth' Telegraph 'Touched with grace' Independent 'A modern classic' Sunday Times 'Imagine a Romanian Stasiland written by a poet ... A song of childhood that actually seems to be warm-blooded in your hands' William Fiennes 'One of the most telling insights I've read about life under communism. Warm and humane' Observer 'The Securitate could not take Bugan's memories, her compassionate heart or her clear writer's eye ... Startling warmth, perception and humanity' Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Carmen Bugan is the author of Crossing the Carpathians, a collection of poetry. Having fled Romania as a teenager, she was educated at the University of Michigan and Balliol College, Oxford, where she obtained a doctorate in English literature. She lives near Geneva with her husband and two young children.Carmen Bugan is the author of Crossing the Carpathians, a collection of poetry. Having fled Romania as a teenager, she was educated at the University of Michigan and Balliol College, Oxford, where she obtained a doctorate in English literature. She lives near Geneva with her husband and two young children.