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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Page 135
... Soviets might insist that he was a Soviet citizen , because he had been born in Latvia , and never let him out . He had a recurring nightmare of being arrested and he told himself - with uncharacteristic grimness - that if this were to ...
... Soviets might insist that he was a Soviet citizen , because he had been born in Latvia , and never let him out . He had a recurring nightmare of being arrested and he told himself - with uncharacteristic grimness - that if this were to ...
Page 168
... Soviet literature . The questions put both writers in an impossible position ; a single word out of place would be pounced on by the party hacks in the room . Zoshchenko replied that there was room for satire – a a foolhardy , if ...
... Soviet literature . The questions put both writers in an impossible position ; a single word out of place would be pounced on by the party hacks in the room . Zoshchenko replied that there was room for satire – a a foolhardy , if ...
Page 353
... ( Soviet ) , 168 ; IB's final visit to ( 1990 ) , 289 Sakharov , Andrei , 276 Salvameni , Gaetano , 191 Salzburg , Austria , 54-5 , 57 , 77 Samarin , Yuri , 147 Samuel ( Biblical prophet ) , 11 Samuel , Herbert , 1st Viscount , 92 Samunov ...
... ( Soviet ) , 168 ; IB's final visit to ( 1990 ) , 289 Sakharov , Andrei , 276 Salvameni , Gaetano , 191 Salzburg , Austria , 54-5 , 57 , 77 Samarin , Yuri , 147 Samuel ( Biblical prophet ) , 11 Samuel , Herbert , 1st Viscount , 92 Samunov ...
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