Living And Partly Living
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A gripping work of autobiographical memoir and historical testimony, Living and Partly Living chronicles the harrowing experiences of Czech writer Jiří Mucha during his imprisonment under the Stalinist regime in Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s. With unflinching honesty and literary precision, Mucha details the brutal interrogations, psychological torment, and dehumanizing conditions of the labor camps to which he was condemned on fabricated charges. The narrative carries a tone that is both deeply personal and politically incisive, illustrating how totalitarian systems systematically dismantled individual identity and truth. Drawing on his own survival and the fates of those around him, Mucha presents a searing indictment of Communist repression that stands alongside the great testimonial literature of the twentieth century. A vital document of conscience and resilience, it remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human cost of ideological tyranny in postwar Europe.
Author: Jiri Mucha
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, The Hogarth Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A gripping work of autobiographical memoir and historical testimony, Living and Partly Living chronicles the harrowing experiences of Czech writer Jiří Mucha during his imprisonment under the Stalinist regime in Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s. With unflinching honesty and literary precision, Mucha details the brutal interrogations, psychological torment, and dehumanizing conditions of the labor camps to which he was condemned on fabricated charges. The narrative carries a tone that is both deeply personal and politically incisive, illustrating how totalitarian systems systematically dismantled individual identity and truth. Drawing on his own survival and the fates of those around him, Mucha presents a searing indictment of Communist repression that stands alongside the great testimonial literature of the twentieth century. A vital document of conscience and resilience, it remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human cost of ideological tyranny in postwar Europe.