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Still Alive: An Autobiographical Essay
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Hardcover
from Yale Univ Pr (April 1, 1994)
9780300052763 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Still Alive recounts the perilous odyssey of a renowned man of letters through the endless political crises of Eastern Europe in the mid-20th century.
About: Still Alive recounts the perilous odyssey of a renowned man of letters through the endless political crises of Eastern Europe in the mid-20th century.
Paperback
from Yale Univ Pr (May 30, 1994)
9780300105612 | details & prices | 308 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.04 lbs | List price $32.00
About: In the first English translation of Still Alive, the renowned Polish essayist and theater critic Jan Kott recounts his perilous odyssey through the endless political crises of Eastern Europe in the mid-twentieth-century, illuminating not only the fate of a whole generation of intellectuals, but also his main concern: how to make sense of one's own existence "As a portrayal of turbulent times, the book is priceless, in particular because of its extraordinarily vivid depictions of the atmosphere of everyday life under Communism.
About: In the first English translation of Still Alive, the renowned Polish essayist and theater critic Jan Kott recounts his perilous odyssey through the endless political crises of Eastern Europe in the mid-twentieth-century, illuminating not only the fate of a whole generation of intellectuals, but also his main concern: how to make sense of one's own existence "As a portrayal of turbulent times, the book is priceless, in particular because of its extraordinarily vivid depictions of the atmosphere of everyday life under Communism.