Parts Of A Lifetime
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few political lives of the twentieth century carry the shattering arc of Milovan Djilas — Yugoslav revolutionary, intimate of Tito, and ultimately the Communist world's most celebrated dissident. Parts of a Lifetime is a carefully curated anthology of his writings, edited by Michael and Deborah Milenkovitch, that chronicles his intellectual and ideological journey from ardent Marxist partisan to imprisoned heretic, presenting essays, memoirs, and meditations that trace the fault lines of power, conscience, and betrayal within socialist Yugoslavia. Djilas writes with the unflinching clarity of a man who has paid dearly for his convictions — his prose is spare, morally urgent, and shot through with the hard-won wisdom of years spent in solitary confinement. This collection stands as a vital document of Cold War dissent, illustrating how one man's crisis of faith within the communist apparatus produced some of the most penetrating critiques of totalitarianism ever written. For readers drawn to the great political and moral dramas of the modern era, this volume poses a question that resonates far beyond the Balkans: what does a man of principle do when the revolution he bled for becomes the tyranny he must oppose?
Author: Milovan Djilas
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few political lives of the twentieth century carry the shattering arc of Milovan Djilas — Yugoslav revolutionary, intimate of Tito, and ultimately the Communist world's most celebrated dissident. Parts of a Lifetime is a carefully curated anthology of his writings, edited by Michael and Deborah Milenkovitch, that chronicles his intellectual and ideological journey from ardent Marxist partisan to imprisoned heretic, presenting essays, memoirs, and meditations that trace the fault lines of power, conscience, and betrayal within socialist Yugoslavia. Djilas writes with the unflinching clarity of a man who has paid dearly for his convictions — his prose is spare, morally urgent, and shot through with the hard-won wisdom of years spent in solitary confinement. This collection stands as a vital document of Cold War dissent, illustrating how one man's crisis of faith within the communist apparatus produced some of the most penetrating critiques of totalitarianism ever written. For readers drawn to the great political and moral dramas of the modern era, this volume poses a question that resonates far beyond the Balkans: what does a man of principle do when the revolution he bled for becomes the tyranny he must oppose?