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Letters from Freedom

Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives

Autor: Adam Michnik

Jazyk:

Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: University of California Press

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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A hero to many, Polish writer Adam Michnik ranks among today's most fearless and persuasive public f...

Informace o knize

Autor

Adam Michnik

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

1998

Stránek

346

EAN

9780520217607

ISBN

0520217608

Enbook ID

04616451

Vydavatel

University of California Press

Hmotnost

544

Rozměry

152 x 153 x 28

Kompletní popis

A hero to many, Polish writer Adam Michnik ranks among today's most fearless and persuasive public figures. His imprisonment by Poland's military regime in the 1980s did nothing to quench his outpouring of writings, many of which were published in English as "Letters from Prison". Beginning where that volume ended, "Letters from Freedom" finds Michnik briefly in prison at the height of the 'cold civil war' between authorities and citizens in Poland, then released. Through his continuing essays, articles, and interviews, the reader can follow all the momentous changes of the last decade in Poland and East-Central Europe. Some of the writings have appeared in English in various publications; most are translated here for the first time. Michnik is never detached. His belief that people can get what they want without hatred and violence has always translated into action, and his actions, particularly the activity of writing, have required his contemporaries to think seriously about what it is they want. His commitment to freedom is absolute, but neither wild-eyed nor humorless; with a characteristic combination of idealism and pragmatism, Michnik says, 'In the end, politics is the art of foreseeing and implementing the possible'. Michnik's blend of conviction and political acumen is perhaps most vividly revealed in the interviews transcribed in the book, whether he is the subject of the interview or is conducting a conversation with Czeslaw Milosz, Vaclav Havel, or Wojciech Jaruzelski. These face-to-face exchanges tell more about the forces at work in contemporary Eastern Europe than could any textbook. Sharing Michnik's intellectual journey through a tumultuous era, we touch on all the subjects important to him in this wide-ranging collection and find they have importance for everyone who values conscience and responsibility. In the words of Jonathan Schell, 'Michnik is one of those who bring honor to the last two decades of the twentieth century'.