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To the Castle and back
- Title
- To the Castle and back / Václav Havel ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson.
- Author
- Havel, Václav.
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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- Description
- 383 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "As writer, dissident, and statesman, Vaclav Havel played an essential part in the profound changes that occurred in Central Europe during the last decades of the twentieth century, and became a powerful intellectual and political force for the reestablishment of democratic principles and institutions. Now, in this memoir, he recollects the pivotal experiences and ideas of his life." "Known in his native Prague for his theatrical productions, and imprisoned for his anticommunist views, Havel emerged on the international stage in 1989 as the elected president of Czechoslovakia, and, in 1993, as president of the newly formed Czech Republic. He writes about his transition from playwright to politician, and the surreal challenges of governing a young democracy. But the scope of his writing extends far beyond the circumstances he faced in his own country. He shares his thoughts on the future of the EU, the reach of the American superpower, and the role of national identity in today's world. He explains why he has come to believe the war in Iraq is a fiasco, and he discusses the reverberations from his initial support of the invasion." "This is also a personal book, in which he writes for the first time about his battle with lung cancer, the death of his first wife, Olga, and the controversy that has dogged his relationship with his second wife, the Czech actress Dagmar Veskrnova. And, finally, it is a meditation on mortality and on the difficulties of writing itself."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Prosím stručně. English
- Alternative Title
- Prosím stručně.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes interview with Karel Hvížd̕ala.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780307266415
- LCCN
- 2007004413
- OCLC
- 81861594
- ocm81861594
- SCSB-5339121
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries