Ypi, Lea (330 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Main. A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2024This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it matters. In 2024, nearly half the world will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It's a thrilling, unprecedented opportunity for change - yet democracy is also under threat.Women are at the forefront of the fight for democratic rights, as well as being the most vulnerable when those rights disappear. Here, eleven extraordinary women - leaders, philosophers, historians, writers and activists - explore democracy's power to uplift our societies. Between its ancient origins and its modern challenges, they share a vision for a better future - one we can build together.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of a familyWhen Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother's youth were destroyed in the early days of communism in Albania. But there Leman was with her husband, Asllan Ypi- glamorous newlyweds while World War II raged.What follows is a thrilling reimagining of the past, as we are transported to the vanished world of Ottoman aristocracy, the making of modern Greece and Albania, a global financial crisis, the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans. While investigating the truth about her family, Ypi grapples with uncertainty. Who is the real Leman Ypi? What made her move to Tirana as a young woman and marry a socialist who sympathized with the Popular Front while his father led a collaborationist government? And why was she smiling in the winter of 1941?By turns epic and intimate, profound and gripping, Indignity explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes. It reveals the fragility of truth, both personal and political, and the cost of decisions made against the tide of history. Through secret police reports of communist spies, court depositions, and Ypi's memories of her grandmother, we move between present and past, archive and imagination, fact and fiction. Ultimately, she asks, what do we really know about the people closest to us? And with what moral authority do we judge the acts of previous generations? Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

hard. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'Beguiling and moving. a clever hybrid, happily exploiting all the many possibilities of telling a life story. Not only is the life of an individual described and plotted with great success, but also a form of oblique history of 20th-century Albania is offered, illuminating all its perversities, absurdities and ruthlessness' William Boyd, ObserverAn imaginative investigation into historical injustice, dignity and truth -- told through the story of a family from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the dawn of Communism in the Balkans‘There is something about the human spirit, she would say, that withstands all attempts at offence, injury or humiliation … we call it dignity’When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother’s youth were destroyed in the early days of communism in Albania. But there Leman was with her husband, Asllan Ypi: glamorous newlyweds while World War II raged.What follows is a thrilling reimagining of the past, as we are transported to the vanished world of Ottoman aristocracy, the making of modern Greece and Albania, a global financial crisis, the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans. While investigating the truth about her family, Ypi grapples with uncertainty. Who is the real Leman Ypi? What made her move to Tirana as a young woman and marry a socialist who sympathized with the Popular Front while his father led a collaborationist government? And why was she smiling in the winter of 1941?By turns epic and intimate, profound and gripping, Indignity explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes. It reveals the fragility of truth, both personal and political, and the cost of decisions made against the tide of history. Through secret police reports of communist spies, court depositions, and Ypi’s memories of her grandmother, we move between present and past, archive and imagination, fact and fiction. Ultimately, she asks, what do we really know about the people closest to us? And with what moral authority do we judge the acts of previous generations?

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1st American Edition. 267p., dj.

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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition/First Printing. This copy of "Free" has been SIGNED by Lea Ypi on the title page. This from her appearance at Princeton University on February 9, 2023. Winner of the 2022 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Winner of the 2021 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Award. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Beguiling and moving. a clever hybrid, happily exploiting all the many possibilities of telling a life story. Not only is the life of an individual described and plotted with great success, but also a form of oblique history of 20th-century Albania is offered, illuminating all its perversities, absurdities and ruthlessness' William Boyd, ObserverAn imaginative investigation into historical injustice, dignity and truth -- told through the story of a family from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the dawn of Communism in the Balkans'There is something about the human spirit, she would say, that withstands all attempts at offence, injury or humiliation . we call it dignity'When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother's youth were destroyed in the early days of communism in Albania. But there Leman was with her husband, Asllan Ypi: glamorous newlyweds while World War II raged.What follows is a thrilling reimagining of the past, as we are transported to the vanished world of Ottoman aristocracy, the making of modern Greece and Albania, a global financial crisis, the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans. While investigating the truth about her family, Ypi grapples with uncertainty. Who is the real Leman Ypi What made her move to Tirana as a young woman and marry a socialist who sympathized with the Popular Front while his father led a collaborationist government And why was she smiling in the winter of 1941 By turns epic and intimate, profound and gripping, Indignity explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes. It reveals the fragility of truth, both personal and political, and the cost of decisions made against the tide of history. Through secret police reports of communist spies, court depositions, and Ypi's memories of her grandmother, we move between present and past, archive and imagination, fact and fiction. Ultimately, she asks, what do we really know about the people closest to us And with what moral authority do we judge the acts of previous generations 368 pp. Englisch.

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Sin especificar. Condition: Nuevo. Esta obra, la tercera novela de Olga Tokarczuk, la consagró como una autora de imaginación desbordante y una voz fundamental de la literatura polaca contemporánea y la lanzó internacionalmente. Hay en ella realismo, magia y realismo mágico. Por sus págin.

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. OTTIMO STATO LIEVISSIMI SEGNI DEL TEMPO.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Unread new copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 368.

MORBIDA. Condition: ottimo. Prima edizione. Lea Ypi - Stato e avanguardie cosmopolitiche Laterza - Prima edizione 2016 Libro in ottime condizioni, minimi segni del tempo. Non esitate a contattarci per altre foto o richieste. Saremo lieti di soddisfare ogni vostra esigenza. Libro.

Condition: New. Editors: Translator: pages.

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sonst. Medien. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Albanien 1989: der letzte stalinistische Außenposten in Europa, ein isoliertes Land. Es herrschen Mangelwirtschaft, Geheimpolizei und das Proletariat. Für die zehnjährige Lea Ypi ist dieses Land ihr Zuhause - ein Ort der Geborgenheit, der Hoffnung und der Freiheit. Alles ändert sich, als in Tirana Enver Hoxhas Statue vom Sockel stürzt. Jetzt können die Menschen wählen, wen sie wollen. Aber die neue Zeit zeigt bald ihr unfreundliches Gesicht, und die Aussicht auf eine bessere Zukunft löst sich auf in Arbeitslosigkeit und Massenflucht. Als das Land im Chaos zu versinken droht, beginnt Lea sich zu fragen, was das eigentlich ist: Freiheit.Ungekürzte Lesung mit Katja Bürkle1 mp3-CD | ca. 9 h 50 min.

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