{"product_id":"i-tried-paperback","title":"I Tried - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe time is 1972 to 1990. The place is communist Romania, one of the satellite states of the almighty-albeit slowly decaying-Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Tried\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of stories that reflect the author's life from the tender age of ten through age 28. The 36 tales of street-soccer, beekeeping, abuse, brutality, chases, forced labor, love, secret police informants and revolution present a quilt-like collage of the life in communist Romania, a country ruled by Nicolae Ceausescu, one of the worst dictators of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese intimate stories-in turn thrilling, funny, and sad-of everyday life under a communist regime offer the reader a glimpse of an almost unimaginable period of recent history. \u003cem\u003eI Tried\u003c\/em\u003e will take you on an emotional roller coaster and leave you filled with wonder and disbelief that such events could occur in our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67953393860831,"sku":"9781736604946","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FMI3ni7EVE9781736604946.webp?v=1791636705","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/i-tried-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}