Facing the East in the West

A book arrives from Germany. Have been in touch with one of its editors, Eva Ulrike Pirker, over the course of the year. Facing the East in the West is the result of a conference in the spring and Eva asked for I Packed This Myself images to show. An image of one of the first suitcases in the show is on the cover - bottom left hand corner.

It's a weighty tome - an interesting range of themes covered, from the Cold War in the Bond series (From Russia with Love) to Marina Lewycka's A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.