The Writer And The Commissar
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, worn and faded with chipping and creasing along edges and spine. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A gripping work of Cold War non-fiction, The Writer and the Commissar chronicles the fraught and often fatal relationship between creative intellectuals and the machinery of Soviet communist power. Drawing on his own harrowing experiences as a Hungarian journalist imprisoned and tortured under the Stalinist regime, George Paloczi-Horvath presents an authoritative and deeply personal account of how totalitarian states seek to control, weaponise, and ultimately destroy artistic expression. The book argues that the suppression of writers and thinkers is not merely a cultural tragedy but a fundamental instrument of political tyranny, illuminating the broader struggle between individual conscience and ideological conformity. Written with moral urgency and unflinching clarity, it stands as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit against authoritarian oppression.
Author: George Paloczi-Horvath
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, The Bodley Head
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, worn and faded with chipping and creasing along edges and spine. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A gripping work of Cold War non-fiction, The Writer and the Commissar chronicles the fraught and often fatal relationship between creative intellectuals and the machinery of Soviet communist power. Drawing on his own harrowing experiences as a Hungarian journalist imprisoned and tortured under the Stalinist regime, George Paloczi-Horvath presents an authoritative and deeply personal account of how totalitarian states seek to control, weaponise, and ultimately destroy artistic expression. The book argues that the suppression of writers and thinkers is not merely a cultural tragedy but a fundamental instrument of political tyranny, illuminating the broader struggle between individual conscience and ideological conformity. Written with moral urgency and unflinching clarity, it stands as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit against authoritarian oppression.