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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... late autumn of that year . - A whole regime was crumbling around him , and of course he had not the slightest inkling of it . He went for walks with his Jewish governess on the Nevsky Prospekt . He would gaze in the shop windows , at ...
... late autumn of that year . - A whole regime was crumbling around him , and of course he had not the slightest inkling of it . He went for walks with his Jewish governess on the Nevsky Prospekt . He would gaze in the shop windows , at ...
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... late July , with the writer Rosamond Lehmann and Goronwy Rees , and watched as Goronwy , with the verve of a matador , transferred his affections from Bowen to Lehmann - the episode that Bowen took as the bitter kernel of her most ...
... late July , with the writer Rosamond Lehmann and Goronwy Rees , and watched as Goronwy , with the verve of a matador , transferred his affections from Bowen to Lehmann - the episode that Bowen took as the bitter kernel of her most ...
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... late winter and spring of 1945. The only direct reference to these places in his official reports occurs as late as 28 April 1945. While he may have averted his gaze from a truth which others saw clearly enough , he was not alone in ...
... late winter and spring of 1945. The only direct reference to these places in his official reports occurs as late as 28 April 1945. While he may have averted his gaze from a truth which others saw clearly enough , he was not alone in ...
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