The Memory Chalet

图书标准信息

• 作者 Tony Judt 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2011-10
• ISBN 9780143119975
• 定价 120.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

SelectedbyTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewasaNotableBookoftheYearFinalreflectionsonahappylife-fromacclaimedhistorianTonyJudt.TonyJudt'sTheMemoryChaletisamemoirunlikeanyother.Eachessaybringsthesmallestdetailsofpersonalexperienceintothelargerframeofhistory.Judt'syouthfulloveofaLondonbusroutebecomesareflectiononpubliccivility.FoodandtrainsandsmellsallcomealiveasJudttakesusfromthepostwarLondonofhischildhoodthroughParis,Prague,andpointseasttoNewYork,wherehefoundhishome.Judtbringshismoralclarityandwittobearoneverythingfromfastcarstoradicalpoliticsand,finally,thedevastatingillnessthattookhislife.Thisbook,composedwhenJudtwasparalyzedandunablephysicallytowrite,founditsshapeintheorderedroomsofaSwissChaletofthemind:awarmrefugeintheclosingdarknessofhisfinalyears.

【作者简介】

TonyJudtwastheErichMariaRemarqueProfessorofEuropeanStudiesatNewYorkUniversity,aswellasthefounderanddirectoroftheRemarqueInstitute,dedicatedtocreatinganongoingconversationbetweenEuropeandtheUnitedStates.HewaseducatedatKing’sCollege,Cambridge,andtheÉcoleNormaleSupérieure,Paris,andalsotaughtatCambridge,Oxford,andBerkeley.ProfessorJudtwasafrequentcontributortoTheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheTimesLiterarySupplement,TheNewRepublic,TheNewYorkTimes,andmanyjournalsacrossEuropeandtheUnitedStates.Heistheauthororeditoroffifteenbooks,includingThinkingtheTwentiethCentury,TheMemoryChalet,IllFarestheLand,Reappraisals:ReflectionsontheForgottenTwentiethCentury,andPostwar:AHistoryofEuropeSince1945,whichwasoneofTheNewYorkTimesBookReview’sTenBestBooksof2005,thewinneroftheCouncilonForeignRelationsArthurRossBookAward,andafinalistforthePulitzerPrize.HediedinAugust2010attheageofsixty-two.