A New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the
Year, Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is the story of Pavel,
once a promising, award-winning documentary filmmaker, forced to survive
under communism by working as a cameraman for the state-run television
station. Now middle-aged, he dreams of one day making a film -- a
searing portrait of his times that the authorities would never allow.
When the communist regime collapses, Pavel is unprepared for the new
world of supposedly unlimited freedom, unable to make the film he has
always wanted to make. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light is a
powerful, important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the
temptations of freedom.