Iron Curtain
A Love Story

This clever novel begins with an admonitory quote from Euripides’ play “ Medea”: “ Stranger than a lover’s love is a lover’s hate. Incurable in each, the wounds they make.” This ominous thought is soon followed by a cryptic observation in the prologue, made while watching television as the Berlin Wal......more

Bajkovita priča o "crvenoj princezi" koja, bez obzira na svoje greške i lutanja, uvek može da računa na zaštitu očevog političkog sistema. Roman o moći, naivnosti i večnom pitanju – da li se iz senke jednog režima ikada zaista može pobeći?......more

One of the most attractive things to me in a new book is an unusual setting, or even better a setting that I hadn't thought was unusual but I realise I know very little about. 1980's Bulgaria, particularly being the children of the elite politicians in Bulgaria is a scenario I could probably make gl......more

enjoyed the historical fiction aspect but the rest was meh - found the chemistry between the main characters lacking and the writing middling. liked it enough to finish but won't be recommending to friends......more

This novel tells a story, and consecutively at that - quite unusual these days. Also unusually, the author's personal circumstances are of relevance here: she grew up and attended university in what was Yugoslavia, so she knows and remembers living beyond the Iron Curtain first-hand. The first half......more