The Literature of Post-Communist Slovenia Slovakia Hungary and Romania

<p> Based on extensive interviews with authors editors and publishers in four countries this book examines the economic social and literary effect of the end of communist domination and accompanying cultural subsidies in Slovenia Slovakia Hungary and Romania. The end of the communist regime has made the position of writer less lucrative as well as less prestigious within these four countries. Likewise the countries' respective publishing markets are struggling to adjust to a new economy in which books are more expensive Western competition is ever-increasing and distribution systems must be rebuilt. The author addresses each of these concerns as they affect the individual nations and Central Europe as a whole and includes extensive bibliographical citations for primary and secondary works referenced in each chapter.</p>