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Considered the best modern Belarusan writer and the last Eastern European literary dissident, Vasil Bykau' (1924-2003) is referred to as the 'conscience of a nation' for leading an intellectual crusade against Lukasenka's totalitarian regime. This title describes the conditions under which Bykau lived in the former USSR.

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"I hold Vasil Bykau in high regard as an opponent to totalitarian regimes in Belarus. During our encounter he never lost hope for positive changes in his country's future. I feel a certain correlation between our destinies and I regret that he was not lucky enough to experience changes, unlike those of us in Czechoslovakia, Poland, or Hungary." Vaclav Havel "This timely biography is essential reading." Arnold McMillin, professor of Russian Literature, University College London

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 16/09/2005
      ISBN13: 9780773529007, 978-0773529007
      ISBN10: 0773529004
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Considered the best modern Belarusan writer and the last Eastern European literary dissident, Vasil Bykau' (1924-2003) is referred to as the 'conscience of a nation' for leading an intellectual crusade against Lukasenka's totalitarian regime. This title describes the conditions under which Bykau lived in the former USSR.

      Trade Review
      "I hold Vasil Bykau in high regard as an opponent to totalitarian regimes in Belarus. During our encounter he never lost hope for positive changes in his country's future. I feel a certain correlation between our destinies and I regret that he was not lucky enough to experience changes, unlike those of us in Czechoslovakia, Poland, or Hungary." Vaclav Havel "This timely biography is essential reading." Arnold McMillin, professor of Russian Literature, University College London

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