Open Letters: Selected Writings

Havel, Vaclav

ISBN 10: 0679400273 / ISBN 13: 9780679400271

Published by Knopf, 1991

Seller Inventory # E-9780679400271-2-2

Synopsis:

Presents essays and other writings covering twenty-five years of Havel's political activism, from his days as an unknown dissident playwright to his 1990 New Year's Day speech as President of Czechoslovakia

From the Inside Flap: nty-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.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

Bibliographic Details

Title: Open Letters: Selected Writings
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good