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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... stories , sweeping across decades , past famous faces , pausing over obscure people for the simple pleasure of proving ... story which , once elaborated , polished and given its punch - line , could then be filed away in the labyrinthine ...
... stories , sweeping across decades , past famous faces , pausing over obscure people for the simple pleasure of proving ... story which , once elaborated , polished and given its punch - line , could then be filed away in the labyrinthine ...
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... story of Lope de Vega's dying words . The result was disastrous . As Isaiah ploughed on , Picasso's face darkened with displeasure . Death was a strictly forbidden subject in Picasso's presence ; a story about the death of a famous ...
... story of Lope de Vega's dying words . The result was disastrous . As Isaiah ploughed on , Picasso's face darkened with displeasure . Death was a strictly forbidden subject in Picasso's presence ; a story about the death of a famous ...
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... story called ' A Fire at Sea ' , which recounted the experience of a young Russian on board a Baltic ferry after it catches fire on the crossing from St Petersburg to Lübeck . Turgenev re- created all the young man's terror as the ...
... story called ' A Fire at Sea ' , which recounted the experience of a young Russian on board a Baltic ferry after it catches fire on the crossing from St Petersburg to Lübeck . Turgenev re- created all the young man's terror as the ...
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