It is always a pleasure to read Vaclav Havel. His new book displays all the evocative language, philosophical arguments, and ironic twists familiar from his earlier works. More autobiographical than The Power of the Powerless (1990) and Disturbing the Peace (1990), To the Castle and Back gives Havel’s account of his journey from dissident-in-chief to head of state durin (...)
May 04, 2007
Books
Dissident President
To the Castle and BackVaclav Havel, Translated by Paul WilsonAlfred A. Knopf, $27.95, 400 pp.
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