Isaiah Berlin
Flourishing
Letters 1928 - 1946
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'Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest letter-writers of the twentieth century: witty, indiscreet, passionate, wise and unbuttoned. He also lived through extraordinary moments of twentieth-century history, and these letters capture those moments.' Micahel Ignatieff, author of Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin's letters are marvellously accessible and entertaining. During two decades covered here, his personality and career grows and blooms. In America during the war, he writes a regular telegram to his anxious parents, often saying just 'Flourishing'; the word fits not only his wartime experience, but the whole of his early life, vividly dis…
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'Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest letter-writers of the twentieth century: witty, indiscreet, passionate, wise and unbuttoned. He also lived through extraordinary moments of twentieth-century history, and these letters capture those moments.' Micahel Ignatieff, author of Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin's letters are marvellously accessible and entertaining. During two decades covered here, his personality and career grows and blooms. In America during the war, he writes a regular telegram to his anxious parents, often saying just 'Flourishing'; the word fits not only his wartime experience, but the whole of his early life, vividly displayed here in all its multi-faceted delighfulness.'Reading the glorious collection of letters is, predictably, a heady experience...rich and irresistible.' Simon Schama, New Republic'The inimitable voice of a generous magnanimous intellect.' New Statesman'Incredibly readable and entertaing.' Good Book Guide'Full of insights about everyone and everything. He was an alpha-level gossip, the genius kind...a conversation of wit and substance that you never want to end. Michael Pye, Scotsman
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4481-0478-9
- EAN: 9781448104789
- Produktnummer: 14354973
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 816 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'773 KB
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