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in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance

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The summer of 1968 changed everything and Anna had no idea it was coming.

When Anna Rosenberg, a young Jewish-American woman, sets off across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans, she is searching for something she cannot yet name. What she finds will shatter her assumptions, awaken desires she has spent a lifetime suppressing, and bind her forever to a land most Americans could not find on a map.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of a world on the edge of revolution, Anna's Dance: A Balkan Odyssey is a richly layered novel of love, loss, identity, and the strange mercy of belonging somewhere unexpected. With the precision of a scholar and the soul of a poet, Michele Levy draws on decades of firsthand engagement with Balkan history, lang ...more

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Months of unrest led to a large demonstration on May 3 that shut down the University of Paris. On May 6, 20,000 students, faculty, and supporters marched on the Sorbonne. Baton-wielding police charged the students, who erected makeshift barricades and threw stones. But police tear gassed the crowd. Later that month, general strikes broke out Read more of this blog post »

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