Lost Inside The Happy Noise

Pushed Into Action By Jane Pauleys Voice And A Television Image Of A Pack Of Cigarettes Being Handed Through A Hole In The Berlin Wall, Author Jim Lukach Set Off For Eastern Europe. Lost Inside The Happy Noise Is A Collection Of Essays That Capture The Heady Days Of Post-revolution In A Small City In Western Slovakia, Days Measured Out In Half-liter Beer Glasses And Startling Self-discovery. Holding A Mirror To The Past--wild Boar Hunting Safaris, A Slovak Television Appearance, Autograph Sessions After Teaching A Successful English Class--lukach Reflects On How Something As Simple As Dancing The Polka Can Reach Far Into The Future And Questions Whether Life Could Ever Feel So Full Again.