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Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light
Waiting for the Dark Waiting for the Light Author:Ivan Klima, Paul Wilson (Translator) Pavel Fukova was once a promising, award-winning documentary filmmaker. But when his homeland is overtaken by a Communist regime, he is forced to survive by working as a cameraman for the state-run television station. Now middle-aged, he dreams of one day making a film -- a searing portrait of his times that the authorities would never allo... more »w.
When the communist regime collapses, Pavel is unprepared for the new world of supposedly unlimited freedom -- and unable to make the film he has always wanted to make. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a powerful, important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the temptations of freedom.« less