From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 鈥淕ulag鈥� comes this National Book Award nominee about life behind the Iron Curtain. Drawing on never-before-seen East European archives, interviews, and personal accounts, Applebaum goes beyond the history books to sketch out what daily life was like for millions of individuals caught on the wrong side of the Curtain. 鈥淲e all know the big picture history of events during this period,鈥� says Nelson. 鈥淭his is a more human [account]. You really get a sense of what it would have been like to live there.鈥�
