Books by Czeslaw Milosz
“The Captive Mind isn’t a straight memoir. Although Milosz is writing about his own life and his past, he is also grappling with a larger subject: How his generation of liberal intellectuals came to collaborate with, and work alongside, the Communist party. And he is trying to understand his own behaviour: Why did I act that way?” Read more...
The best books on Memoirs of Communism
Anne Applebaum, Historian
Interviews where books by Czeslaw Milosz were recommended
The best books on Memoirs of Communism, recommended by Anne Applebaum
The traumas of the 20th century hit Eastern Europe hard – a region of changing borders, uncertain identity, and shattering of moral norms. The journalist and communism expert selects books that capture the spirit of the age.
The best books on Dissent, recommended by Timothy Snyder
Dissent is not just about anger, but about having a rival articulation of the world, argues American historian Timothy Snyder. He recommends five books by European writers of the 20th century who lived in regimes that “not only monopolised violence but threatened it in an everyday sense” and tells us what today’s dissidents can learn from their experience.
