| Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas Contributor(s): Weschler, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226893936 ISBN-13: 9780226893938 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $30.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: "These three essays, these novellas--call them what you will--are extraordinary tales about excruciating modern themes: individual responsibility, national identity, and courage. In each case, the reader has to ask himself: What would I have done? 3 halftones. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 97044620 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.44" W x 8.8" (1.02 lbs) 211 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, Calamities of Exile combines three gripping narratives that afford a sort of double CAT scan into the natures of both modern totalitarianism and timeless exile. Beautiful but harrowing chronicles of three exiles that probe the moral and personal risks of their encounters with totalitarianism. . . . Piercing and timely.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Weschler . . . combines a novelist's gift for drama with the objectivity and research skills of a journalist. . . . The result is three gripping profiles of very human but also extraordinary men.--Publishers Weekly Weschler's] thorough accounting of the men's covert operations, assumed identities and strained relationships with fathers, wives, and colleagues creates a disturbing triptych of the perils of totalitarianism.--Lance Gould, New York Times Book Review Weschler tells these three tragic tales with an admirable combination of psychological penetration, intellectual thrust, concision and compassion.--Francis King, Spectator Endlessly absorbing. . . . Breathtaking.--Jeri Laber, Los Angeles Times Book Review |