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_aHavel, Vaclav _9209700 |
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245 | _aOpen letters: selected writings 1965-1990 | ||
250 | _a11th ed. | ||
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_c1992 _bVintage _aNew York |
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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. | ||
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_aGeneral _9209492 |
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_aWorld politics --1945-1989, Ethics _9209493 |
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_aCzechoslovakia - Politics and government - 1989-1992 _9209494 |
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_aCzechoslovakia --Politics and government --1968-1989 _9209495 |
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_aLife _9122255 |
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_aCommunism _9857 |
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_aWilson, Paul _eEditor _9209496 |
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