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Havel: A Life
Autor:
Michael Žantovský
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Nakladatelství: | Atlantic Books |
Médium / forma: | Tištěná kniha |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Počet stran: | 559 |
Rozměr: | 242 x 149 x 59 mm |
Úprava: | xiv, 543 stran, 16 stran obrazové příl: portréty |
Skupina třídění: |
Politika Biografie |
Jazyk: | anglicky |
Vazba: | Knihy - vázané |
Datum vydání: | 6. 11. 2014 |
Nakladatelské údaje: | London, Atlantic Books, 2014 |
ISBN: | 978-0-85789-849-4 |
EAN: | 9780857898494 |
Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher-king, an internationally successful playwright who became a political dissident and then, reluctantly, a president. His pivotal role in the Velvet Revolution, the end of Communism and the birth of a modern, west-facing Czech Republic makes him a key figure of the twentieth century. He was a character of great contradictions, a courageous visionary who put his life at risk, a leader who inspired great loyalty; yet a man wracked with doubt, self-criticism, depression and despair. Above all he was an intellectual and artist, always true to himself, someone who never lost a profound sense of the absurd. Michael Zantovsky was one of Havel's closest friends. They met as dissidents under Communism, and when a frail Havel was released from prison in May 1989 just months before the Velvet Revolution it was Zantovsky who carried his bag for him; during Havel's first presidency Zantovsky was his press secretary, speech writer and translator, and their friendship endured until Havel's death in 2011. He is therefore uniquely placed as Havel's biographer; a rare witness to this most extraordinary life. (a life)