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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... young journalist in London , would return at weekends , with gossip of politics and his love life . Everyone called him Shaya , his family nickname . He never discarded the remains of this period , the notes and messages from friends ...
... young journalist in London , would return at weekends , with gossip of politics and his love life . Everyone called him Shaya , his family nickname . He never discarded the remains of this period , the notes and messages from friends ...
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... young Washington lawyer , then working for the Department of Justice ; Donald Hiss , a State Department official ; John Oakes , an official in intelligence ; and Edward Prichard , a jovial and preternaturally quick young lawyer from ...
... young Washington lawyer , then working for the Department of Justice ; Donald Hiss , a State Department official ; John Oakes , an official in intelligence ; and Edward Prichard , a jovial and preternaturally quick young lawyer from ...
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... 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 adults around him lost their composure and their dignity . He himself had ...
... 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 adults around him lost their composure and their dignity . He himself had ...
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