Английская Википедия:Free (Ypi book)
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Free: Coming of Age at the End of History is a 2021 book by Lea Ypi published by Penguin Books.[1] In the book, Ypi details her experience growing up before and after the fall of communism in Albania.[2]
Reception
Free was shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2021 Costa Book Award for biography.[3][4] In January 2022, BBC Radio 4 serialised the book in their Book of the Week series.[5]
Free won the Ondaatje Prize[6] and the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize.[7]
10,000 copies of the book were sold in November 2021.[2]
Ed O'Loughlin praised Ypi's use of subtext in the work.[8] Critics of the book have accused it of being communist apologia, an accusation that Ypi has denied.[2]
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