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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... Riga he maintained something close to indifference . Too far back perhaps , or too Latvian . There was little nostalgia in him and , despite being an exile , no obvious sense of loss . Nursery ... Riga of 1909 , Russian II Riga , 1909-15.
... Riga he maintained something close to indifference . Too far back perhaps , or too Latvian . There was little nostalgia in him and , despite being an exile , no obvious sense of loss . Nursery ... Riga of 1909 , Russian II Riga , 1909-15.
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... Riga , they were domestic servants , labourers and governesses . Albertstrasse was in new Riga , across the river from the cobbled streets of the Hanseatic old town , in a development of Art Nouveau apartment houses in the Paris style ...
... Riga , they were domestic servants , labourers and governesses . Albertstrasse was in new Riga , across the river from the cobbled streets of the Hanseatic old town , in a development of Art Nouveau apartment houses in the Paris style ...
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... Riga . The last message that the family had received in London had been from Isaiah's maternal grandfather , Solomon Volschonok . He had written the family a postcard , in January 1940 , in the dying days of the independent republic ...
... Riga . The last message that the family had received in London had been from Isaiah's maternal grandfather , Solomon Volschonok . He had written the family a postcard , in January 1940 , in the dying days of the independent republic ...
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