The Memory Chalet - Couverture souple

Judt, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143119974 ISBN 13 : 9780143119975

Editeur : Penguin Books, 2011

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Faced with the prospect of death [he has] produced a great testament of faith and humanity...Tony Judt's dying words make the connection between memory and society' Fintan O'Toole, Observer, Books of the Year

The Memory Chalet is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience of remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His love of a particular bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility, memories of the 1968 student riots meander through the sexual politics of Europe, a series of roadtrips across America lead not just to an appreciation of American history but to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. And everything is as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet - a reassuring refuge deep in the mountains of memory.

'This book is simultaneously awe-inspiring and almost too painful to bear...His head, that of a great historian, political writer and charismatic intellectual, was a treasure house'

Diana Athill, Literary Review

'Quintessential Judt: humane, fearless, unsparingly honest' Financial Times

'The qualities of courage, incisive irony, keen humour and a potent but, far from overwhelming, melancholy make this memoir so remarkable' Jane Shilling, Daily Telegraph

Revue de presse :

"[A] tremendously moving memorial to a first-class historian and essayist... humane, fearless, unsparingly honest."
—The Financial Times

"Each of these beautifully crafted pieces presents a self-contained vignette. Together they form a picture of an age, seen through the prism of an extraordinary mind... Judt never pretended that the illness that befell him was a hidden blessing. 'Loss is loss, and nothing is gained by calling it a nicer name.' But if tragedy cannot be redeemed it can sometimes be defied, as Judt confirms in this exquisitely graceful memoir of a happy life."
—The Daily Beast

"More than a memoir, [The Memory Chalet is] a bracing spiritual autobiography of a man whose lofty and old-fashioned goal, repeatedly realized in these pages, was to think for himself - and push each of us to do the same."
—Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

"[B]oth an autobiography and a lovely little social history of the second half of the 20th century... all in a spare and nicely demotic prose."
—Time

"Despite his stature as a 'public intellectual,' Judt's observations in this collection are more impressionistic than analytical. For the most part, he's not arguing points but simply re-savoring the things that once pleased him... This is a memorable collection from a memorable man."
—BookPage

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0143119974
• ISBN 13: 9780143119975
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240