Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... Moscow and the plan hung in the air for nearly eighteen months . As Isaiah wrote to a friend , he felt like one of the forlorn provincial women in Chekhov's Three Sisters who keep sighing , ' To Moscow , to Moscow . " In May 1945 Clark ...
... Moscow and the plan hung in the air for nearly eighteen months . As Isaiah wrote to a friend , he felt like one of the forlorn provincial women in Chekhov's Three Sisters who keep sighing , ' To Moscow , to Moscow . " In May 1945 Clark ...
Page 138
... Moscow , said that his relations with the poet were difficult , but he promised to help . Lina Prokofiev also volunteered to assist . With his knack for seizing the moment , Isaiah came away from his first nights in Moscow with an ...
... Moscow , said that his relations with the poet were difficult , but he promised to help . Lina Prokofiev also volunteered to assist . With his knack for seizing the moment , Isaiah came away from his first nights in Moscow with an ...
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... Moscow there were close family ties to renew . His father's brother , Leo , had settled in Moscow after the revolution and was now a professor of dietetics at the university . On two occasions Isaiah slipped out of a ballet performance ...
... Moscow there were close family ties to renew . His father's brother , Leo , had settled in Moscow after the revolution and was now a professor of dietetics at the university . On two occasions Isaiah slipped out of a ballet performance ...
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