Author: Stejarel Olaru.
Nadia Comaneci and the Secret Police, published by Oberon, is the new book by Romanian historian Stejarel Olaru that tells the shocking story of the world’s first gymnast to achieve a perfect score.
Nadia Comaneci made history at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, when at the age of 14 she became the first gymnast in the world to score a perfect 10. But her story did not begin and certainly did not end there, as it spans from her sacrificed childhood undergoing hard training to a life full of restrictions and abuse with a thousand eyes on her. Intense surveillance and thousands of political police files have provided the basis for historian, political scientist and writer Stejarel Olaru to piece together Nadia’s day-to-day life in his new book.
Olaru’s extensive experience as a professor at the Romanian National Intelligence Academy, National Security Advisor, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director General of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania makes him the perfect chronicler to understand and critically capture Nadia’s story.
Pages: 336
Publisher: ANAYA MULTIMEDIA
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788441548220
RPP: 24,65 euros
