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The little communist who never smiled : a novel / Lola Lafon ; translated from the French by Nick Caistor.
"An award-winning novel powerfully re-imagines a childhood in the spotlight of history, politics, and destiny. Montreal 1976. A fourteen-year-old girl steps out onto the floor of the Montreal Forum and into history. Twenty seconds on uneven bars is all it takes for Nadia Comaneci, the slight, unsmiling child from Communist Romania, to etch herself into the collective memory. The electronic scoreboard, astonishing spectators with what has happened, shows 1.0. The judges have awarded an unprecedented perfect ten, the first in Olympic gymnastics, though the scoreboard is unable to register anything higher than 9.9. In The Little Communist Who Never Smiled, Lola Lafon tells the story of Comaneci's journey from growing up in rural Romania to her eventual defection to the United States in 1989. Adored by young girls in the west and appropriated as a political emblem by the Ceausescu regime, Comaneci's life was scrutinized wherever she went. Lafon's fictionalized account shows how a single athletic event mesmerizes the world and reverberates across nations."--Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781609806910 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1609806913 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: Petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais. "Originally published in France as La petitie communiste qui ne souriat jamais in 2014 by Actes sud."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Comăneci, Nadia, 1961- > Fiction. Gymnasts > Romania > Fiction. Olympic athletes > Fiction. Women Olympic athletes > Fiction. |
| Genre: | French fiction. Nonfiction novels. Biographical fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Nakusp Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakusp Public Library | FIC LAF (Text) | 35160000723974 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF LAFON (Text) | TRL19561 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
