Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Ypi, Lea
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Ypi, Lea

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Family and nation formed a reliable bedrock of security for precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi. She was a...
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Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Ypi, Lea

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

CHF 38.83
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Ypi, Lea

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

CHF 38.83
Author: Lea Ypi
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Family and nation formed a reliable bedrock of security for precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi. She was a Young Pioneer, helping to lead her country toward the future of perfect freedom promised by the leaders of her country, the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Then, almost overnight, the Berlin Wall fell and the pillars of her society toppled. The local statue of Stalin, whom she had believed to be a kindly leader who loved children, was beheaded by student protestors.

Uncomfortable truths about her family's background emerged. Lea learned that when her parents and neighbors had spoken in whispers of friends going to "university" or relatives "dropping out," they meant something much more sinister. As she learned the truth about her family's past, her best friend fled the country. Together with neighboring post-Communist states, Albania began a messy transition to join the "free markets" of the Western world: a dystopia of pyramid schemes, organized crime, and sex trafficking. Her father, despite his radical left-wing convictions, was forced to fire workers; her mother became a conservative politician on the model of Margaret Thatcher. Lea's typical teen concerns about relationships and the future were shot through with the existential: the nation was engulfed in civil war.

Ypi's outstanding literary gifts enable her to weave together this colorful, tumultuous coming-of-age story in a time of social upheaval with thoughtful, fresh, and invigorating perspective on the relation between the personal and the political, and on deep questions about freedom: What does freedom consist of, and for whom? What conditions foster it? Who among us is truly free?



Author: Lea Ypi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 01/18/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780393867732


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2021 pg. 15
Publishers Weekly 10/11/2021
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2021
Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 92
Booklist 12/15/2021 pg. 83

About the Author
Ypi, Lea: - Lea Ypi is professor of political theory at London School of Economics, and adjunct associate professor of philosophy at the Australian National University, with expertise in Marxism and critical theory. She lives and works in London.
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