Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Prelude: Freundschaft xi
4. PART I . Postsocialist Freedoms
5. 1. Fires 3
6. 2. Cucumbers 11
7. 3. Pieces ( FICTION ) 24
8. 4. Belgrade, 2015 ( FICTION ) 39
9. PART II. Reuniting the Divided
10. 5. #Mauerfall25 47
11. 6. The Enemy of My Enemy 68
12. 7. A Tale of Two Typewriters 84
13. PART III. Blackwashing History
14. 8. Gross Domestic Orgasms 101
15. 9. My Mother and a Clock 111
16. 10. Venerating Nazis to Vilify Commies 129
17. PART IV. “Democracy Is the Worst Form of Government, Except All Those Other Forms That Have Been Tried from Time to Time”
18. 11. Three Bulgarian Jokes 149
19. 12. Post-Zvyarism: A Fable about Animals on a Farm (FICTION) 150
20. 13. Interview with a Former Member of the Democratic Party of the United States ( FICTION ) 167
21. 14. Democracy for the Penguins 179
22. Acknowledgments 201
23. Notes 205
24. Selected Bibliography 223