An epic history of the 'other' Europe a place of conflict and coexistence of faith and
folklore. 'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book.
Meticulously researched and beautifully written.' Serhii Plokhy Eastern Europe is more than
the sum total of its annexations invasions and independence declarations. From the Baltics to
the Balkans from Prague to Kiev the area exuded a tragicomic character like no other. This
is a paean for a disappearing world of movable borders sacred groves and syncretism. And an
invitation to not forget. *** A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'An insightful
chronicle... distilling more than a decade of research [Mikanowski] carefully argues that if
something marks out Europe's eastern half it is not homogeneity but wild glorious diversity.'
Economist 'A lively and sweeping history.' Washington Post ' Goodbye Eastern Europe is a
thematic history of a divided half-continent a goulash of imperial histories shifting
frontiers and heartbreaking family stories spiced with myth and poet-martyrs and deeply
satisfying on the palate... vital and informed.' TLS
