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Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light: A Novel | Ivan Klima
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A New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is the story of Pavel, once a promising, award-winning documentary filmmaker, forced to survive under communism by working as a cameraman for the state-run television station. Now middle-aged, he dreams of one day making a film — a searing portrait of his times that the authorities would never allow. When the communist regime collapses, Pavel is unprepared for the new world of supposedly unlimited freedom, unable to make the film he has always wanted to make. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a powerful, important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the temptations of freedom.
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1001BooksPodcast
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This week we read another book about communism. It seriously comes up in every #1001books pick! Find out what we had to say on Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, and SoundCloud. #bookpodcast

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SpiderGoddess
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I should be working on a commissioned website.... But since I've worked a copious number of hours this weekend, I feel I deserve a reading break....
#idratherbereading #workbreak #czechauthors

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BarbaraBB
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A novel about living in Czech before, during and after the fall of communisme.
Pavel is a cameraman who registers what happens around him, but knows the rules of the censors. He hates what he is doing. In the screenplays he writes he describes life just a little different however.
After the fall of communism Pavel can make all the films he ever dreamt of but he loses himself in memories of the past, unable to face the future. #1001books

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