Red Hands
Red Hands by Colin W. Sargent, published by Barbican Press in 2020, presents a deeply compelling tale of a woman entangled in the turmoil of a Communist regime. This edition, comprising 312 pages, is written in English and explores the life of Iordana, a girl raised amidst the privileges of Romania’s corrupt government. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she marries the eldest son of Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania’s notorious dictator, leading her into a complex family dynamic filled with tension and danger.
Readers will find a narrative that draws from eighty hours of unique interviews, told in Iordana’s own voice. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the 1989 revolution, where the stakes are high as Iordana struggles to protect her young son amidst the chaos and violence that ensues. This true-life account delves into the pleasures, excesses, and horrors of late twentieth-century Europe, offering insights into the political and historical landscape of the time.
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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.
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