Red Hands (Paperback)

Colin W. Sargent

ISBN 10: 190995439X / ISBN 13: 9781909954397

Published by Barbican Press, London, 2020

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Paperback. A deeply compelling tale of a woman caught inside the destruction of a Communist regime.Iordana is a normal girl, brought up with all the perks of Romania's corrupt communist regime. Then she falls in love and marries the eldest son of her parents' arch-rival, Romania's monstrous dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.They become the in-laws from hell, but she brings them their only grandson.And then there's the 1989 revolution, when crowds will kill anyone with the Ceausescu name.In all the blood and chaos, can Iordana keep her little son alive?Drawn from eighty hours of unique interviews and told in Iordana's own voice; this true-life tale spins readers into the pleasures, excesses and horrors of late twentieth-century Europe. The remarkable fictionalised life of Iordana Ceausescu, who married Nicolae Ceausescu's eldest son, Valentin and became the mother of the Ceausescu's only grandson. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red Hands (Paperback)
• Publisher: Barbican Press, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190995439X
• ISBN 13: 9781909954397
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A deeply compelling tale of a woman caught inside the destruction of a Communist regime. 

Iordana is a normal girl, brought up with all the perks of Romania’s corrupt communist regime. Then she falls in love and marries the eldest son of her parents’ arch-rival, Romania’s monstrous dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.  They become the in-laws from hell, but she brings them their only grandson. And then there’s the 1989 revolution, when crowds will kill anyone with the Ceausescu name. In all the blood and chaos, can Iordana keep her little son alive? 

Drawn from eighty hours of unique interviews and told in Iordana’s own voice; this true-life tale spins readers into the pleasures, excesses and horrors of late twentieth-century Europe.

About the Author

Colin W. Sargent is the founding editor and publisher of the award-winning Portland Magazine in Maine, USA. Colin teaches Creative Writing at William & Mary in Williamsburg and is the author of Museum of Human Beings and The Boston Castrato, currently optioned for film by Gideon Films. He has a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University and has also written 3 collections of poetry. Colin edited Approach Magazine, the US Navy's international flying magazine, whose contributors included Tom Wolfe.