Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Hardcover The Silent Escape: Three Thousand Days in Romanian Prisons Volume 9 Book

ISBN: 0520082095

ISBN13: 9780520082090

The Silent Escape: Three Thousand Days in Romanian Prisons Volume 9

(Part of the Society and Culture in East-Central Europe Series)

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

$6.59
Save $23.36!
List Price $29.95
Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!

Book Overview

Winner, 1992 Association des Ecrivains de Langue Fran?aise Prix Europ?en

"I have lived, alone, in a cell, 157,852,800 seconds of solitude and fear. Cause for screaming! They sentence me to live yet another 220,838,400 seconds! To live them or to die from them."--from The Silent Escape

Victim of Stalinist-era terror, Lena Constante was arrested on trumped-up charges of "espionage" and sentenced to twelve years in Romanian...

Customer Reviews

1 rating

A powerful prison memoir!

This is the story of a Romanian artist, a young woman who spent eight years out of twelwe in solitary confinment, for the crime of having organized a puppet show together with the wife of a disgraced Communist leader. . . Despite all of that, Lena Constante never lost her dignity or pride. . . One of the most powerful prison memoirs ever written!
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured