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082			_a909.82 _bH2O7
100			_aHavel, Vaclav _9209700
245			_aOpen letters: selected writings 1965-1990
250			_a11th ed.
260			_c1992 _bVintage _aNew York
300			_axiv, 415 p.
500			_aTranslated from the Czech. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aSpanning twenty-five years, this historic collection of writings shows Vaclav Havel's evolution from a modestly known playwright who had the courage to advise and criticize Czechoslovakia's leaders to a newly elected president whose first address to his fellow citizens begins, "I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you." Some of the pieces in Open Letters, such as "Dear Dr. Husak" and the essay "The Power of the Powerless," are by now almost legendary for their influence on a generation of Eastern European dissidents; others, such as some of Havel's prison correspondence and his private letter to Alexander Dubcek, appear in English for the first time. All of them bear the unmistakable imprint of Havel's intellectual rigor, moral conviction, and unassuming eloquence, while standing as important additions to the world's literature of conscience.
650			_aGeneral _9209492
650			_aWorld politics --1945-1989, Ethics _9209493
650			_aCzechoslovakia - Politics and government - 1989-1992 _9209494
650			_aCzechoslovakia --Politics and government --1968-1989 _9209495
650			_aLife _9122255
650			_aCommunism _9857
700			_aWilson, Paul _eEditor _9209496
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