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My Seven Lives is the English translation of the best-selling
memoir of Slovak journalist Agnesa Kalinova (1924-2014): Holocaust
survivor, film critic, translator, and political prisoner. An oral
history written with her colleague Jana Juranova My Seven Lives
provides a window into Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the
cultural evolution of Central and Eastern Europe. The
conversational approach gives the book a relatable immediacy that
vividly conveys the tone and temperament of Agnesa, bringing out
her lively personality and extraordinary ability to stay positive
in the face of adversity. Each chapter reflects a distinct period
of Agnesa's long and tumultuous life. Her idyllic childhood gives
way to the rise of Nazism and restrictions of the anti-Jewish
legislation, which led to deportations and her escape to Hungary,
where she found refuge in a Budapest convent. Surviving the
Holocaust, she returned to Slovakia and married writer J?in
Ladislav Kalina. They embraced communism, and Agnesa began her
career as a journalist and film critic and became involved in the
Prague Spring, ending with the Soviet-led invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968. Agnesa and her husband lost their jobs and
were imprisoned, which led to their decision to immigrate to West
Germany. She found a new career as a political commentator for
Radio Free Europe, and after decades of political oppression,
Agnesa lived to see the euphoric days of the Velvet Revolution and
its freeing aftermath. My Seven Lives shows the impact of an often
brutal twentieth century on the life of one remarkable individual.
It's a story of survival, perseverance, and ultimately triumph.
My Seven Lives is the English translation of the best-selling
memoir of Slovak journalist Agnesa Kalinova (1924-2014): Holocaust
survivor, film critic, translator, and political prisoner. An oral
history written with her colleague Jana Juranova My Seven Lives
provides a window into Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the
cultural evolution of Central and Eastern Europe. The
conversational approach gives the book a relatable immediacy that
vividly conveys the tone and temperament of Agnesa, bringing out
her lively personality and extraordinary ability to stay positive
in the face of adversity. Each chapter reflects a distinct period
of Agnesa's long and tumultuous life. Her idyllic childhood gives
way to the rise of Nazism and restrictions of the anti-Jewish
legislation, which led to deportations and her escape to Hungary,
where she found refuge in a Budapest convent. Surviving the
Holocaust, she returned to Slovakia and married writer J?in
Ladislav Kalina. They embraced communism, and Agnesa began her
career as a journalist and film critic and became involved in the
Prague Spring, ending with the Soviet-led invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968. Agnesa and her husband lost their jobs and
were imprisoned, which led to their decision to immigrate to West
Germany. She found a new career as a political commentator for
Radio Free Europe, and after decades of political oppression,
Agnesa lived to see the euphoric days of the Velvet Revolution and
its freeing aftermath. My Seven Lives shows the impact of an often
brutal twentieth century on the life of one remarkable individual.
It's a story of survival, perseverance, and ultimately triumph.
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