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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... lived his life . And if you haven't lived your life , what have you had ? " She , on the other hand , did live her life - through her son . In all his recollections there was never a note of disparagement or pity towards her ; rather a ...
... lived his life . And if you haven't lived your life , what have you had ? " She , on the other hand , did live her life - through her son . In all his recollections there was never a note of disparagement or pity towards her ; rather a ...
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... lived - he later wrote - ' in a kind of zoo , with intercommunicating cages , but cut off by a high fence from the outside world ' . " He had found a way out of the cage . He ventured into that September Moscow , full of returning ...
... lived - he later wrote - ' in a kind of zoo , with intercommunicating cages , but cut off by a high fence from the outside world ' . " He had found a way out of the cage . He ventured into that September Moscow , full of returning ...
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... lived in a airless top - floor room in the Hostel for Moscow Writers . Lydia Chukovskaya and Nadezhda Mandelstam lived there too , and for a time their conditions were eased . Akhmatova was allowed to publish a severely censored volume ...
... lived in a airless top - floor room in the Hostel for Moscow Writers . Lydia Chukovskaya and Nadezhda Mandelstam lived there too , and for a time their conditions were eased . Akhmatova was allowed to publish a severely censored volume ...
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