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Synopsis
A new edition of one of the most compelling and beautifully crafted memoirs of the last hundred years, by one of Russia’s most prominent and courageous anticommunist dissidents.
“This book is important.” ―Ronald Reagan
“A landmark book and a human document that remains vital.” ―Tom Stoppard
“If human bravery were a book, it would be To Build a Castle.”―Garry Kasparov
A major document in the literature of human rights, Vladimir Bukovksy’s To Build a Castle is a legendary memoir that has been hailed as a vital classic by figures ranging from Ronald Reagan to Tom Stoppard to Garry Kasparov.
At the age of twenty, Vladimir Bukovsky was falsely declared insane and committed to a psychiatric hospital―standard practice for communism's critics in 1963. But the quack doctors and brutal guards who kept him captive didn't realize: Bukovsky wasn't locked up with them. They were locked up with Bukovsky.
In this haunting work, Bukovsky details with equal parts burning outrage and bitter humor the cruelties imposed upon Soviet prisoners of conscience. But he also recounts how he found his inner strength and built a fortress around it―the imaginary castle of the title―in which he could remain safe from the daily assaults on his body and mind.
In To Build a Castle, Bukovsky offers powerful firsthand testimony to the importance of personal integrity and perseverance under seemingly boundless oppression and abuse. For nearly fifty years, Bukovsky's story has inspired dissidents, prisoners, and others trapped by circumstance with a profound truth: Even in chains, you can be free.
A worldwide bestseller when first published in 1978, this new edition, masterfully translated from the Russian by Michael Scammell, includes a major introduction by acclaimed political philosopher Daniel J. Mahoney.
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À propos des auteurs
Vladimir Bukovsky (1942–2019) was a Soviet political dissident, author, and fierce activist on behalf of freedom and human rights. Expelled from Moscow University for an essay that put the Communist Youth League in a bad light, he was arrested shortly thereafter for producing and possessing material critical of the Soviet Union. Bukovsky was then declared mentally ill and institutionalized/imprisoned for twelve years before being exiled to the West as part of a prisoner swap. Bukovsky’s other books include Soul of Man Under Socialism; Soviet Hypocrisy and Western Gullibility, and Judgement in Moscow. In later years he became a determined critic of Vladimir Putin. Bukovsky received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom in 2002.
Daniel J. Mahoney is professor emeritus at Assumption University, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Senior Visiting Fellow at Hillsdale College. His books include The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now and The Other Solzhenitsyn: Telling the Truth about a Misunderstood Writer and Thinker.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A new edition of one of the most compelling and beautifully crafted memoirs of the last hundred years, by one of Russias most prominent and courageous anticommunist dissidents.This book is important. Ronald ReaganA landmark book and a human document that remains vital. Tom StoppardIf human bravery were a book, it would be To Build a Castle.Garry KasparovA major document in the literature of human rights, Vladimir Bukovksys To Build a Castle is a legendary memoir that has been hailed as a vital classic by figures ranging from Ronald Reagan to Tom Stoppard to Garry Kasparov.At the age of twenty, Vladimir Bukovsky was falsely declared insane and committed to a psychiatric hospitalstandard practice for communism's critics in 1963. But the quack doctors and brutal guards who kept him captive didn't realize: Bukovsky wasn't locked up with them. They were locked up with Bukovsky.In this haunting work, Bukovsky details with equal parts burning outrage and bitter humor the cruelties imposed upon Soviet prisoners of conscience. But he also recounts how he found his inner strength and built a fortress around itthe imaginary castle of the titlein which he could remain safe from the daily assaults on his body and mind.In To Build a Castle, Bukovsky offers powerful firsthand testimony to the importance of personal integrity and perseverance under seemingly boundless oppression and abuse. For nearly fifty years, Bukovsky's story has inspired dissidents, prisoners, and others trapped by circumstance with a profound truth: Even in chains, you can be free.A worldwide bestseller when first published in 1978, this new edition, masterfully translated from the Russian by Michael Scammell, includes a major introduction by acclaimed political philosopher Daniel J. Mahoney. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781967613304
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