The Tenants: Concrete Portraits of the Former Eastern Bloc by Zupagrafika Modern prose part art book

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In the tradition of Anton Chekhov and William Carlos Williams

'The early Soviet period was a miraculously rich time for children’s books and their illustration' – Philip Pullman

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For many members of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party

The Tenants: Concrete Portraits of the Former Eastern Bloc by Zupagrafika Modern prose part art bookThe Tenants journeys through postwar mass housing across the former Eastern Bloc, from Berlin to Norilsk, Kyiv to Tallinn bringing the people inside the concrete towers to the forefront. Through striking portraits, each resident holds a paper model of their home, sharing memories tied to these modernist estates, honouring life inside the panelki. Mass housing in post war socialist countries was a quick and effective way to provide homes for the