04565cam a2200697 a 4500 openlettersselec00have CaSfIA 20250728160421.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 900927s1991 nyu o 001 0 eng 90053561 (OCoLC)1150989996 DLC DLC VVC CPO NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP BAKER W2U GEBAY CaSfIA 0679400273 : $22.00 9780679400271 eng cze e-cs--- DB2241.H38 A5 1991b 943.704/3 20 18.56 bcl Havel, Václav. Open letters : selected writings, 1965-1990 / by Václav Havel ; selected and edited by Paul Wilson. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1991. 1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) Includes index. Second wind -- On evasive thinking -- On the theme of an opposition -- Letter to Alexander Dubcek -- "Dear Dr. Husák" -- "It always makes sense to tell the truth" -- Trial -- Article 202 -- Article 203 -- Power of the powerless -- Reports on my house arrest -- Two letters from prison -- "I take the side of truth -- Politics and conscience -- Six asides about culture -- Thriller -- Anatomy of a reticence -- Two notes on Charter 77 -- Stories and totalitarianism -- Meating Gorbachev -- Farce, reformability, and the future of the world -- Thinking about Frantisek K. -- Testing ground -- Word about words -- New Year's address. Spanning twenty-five years, this historic collection of writings shows Vaclav Havel's evolution from a modestly known playwright who had the courage to advise and criticize Czechoslovakia's leaders to a newly elected president whose first address to his fellow citizens begins, "I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you." Some of the pieces in Open letters, such as "Dear Dr. Husak" and the essay "The Power of the Powerless," are by now almost legendary for their influence on a generation of Eastern European dissidents; others, such as some of Havel's prison correspondence and his private letter to Alexander Dubcek, appear in English for the first time. All of them bear the unmistakable imprint of Havel's intellectual rigor, moral conviction, and unassuming eloquence, while standing as important additions to the world's literature of conscience. Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1968-1989. Politik swd Geschichte (1965-1990) swd Aufsatzsammlung swd Tschechoslowakei swd Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/90053561.html https://archive.org/details/openlettersselec00have Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21611246M Additional information and access via Open Library openlettersselec00have ark:/13960/t6xw5dv39