The Wall
Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Ranked #61 in The Cold War, Ranked #93 in Communism — see more rankings.
I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sís learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow... more
Rankings by Category
The Wall is ranked in the following categories:
- #95 in Censorship
- #95 in Social Studies
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