{"product_id":"reading-vzaclav-havel-david-s-danaher-9781442649927","title":"Reading Václav Havel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a playwright, a dissident, and a politician, V?clav Havel was one of the most important intellectual figures of the late twentieth century. Working in an extraordinary range of genres - poetry, plays, public letters, philosophical essays, and political speeches - he left behind a range of texts so diverse that scholars have had difficulty grappling with his oeuvre as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReading V?clav Havel\u003c\/em\u003e, David S. Danaher approaches Havel's remarkable body of work holistically, focusing on the language, images, and ideas which appear and reappear in the many genres in which Havel wrote. Carefully reading the original Czech texts alongside their English versions, he exposes what in Havel's thought has been lost in translation. A passionate argument for Havel's continuing relevance, \u003cem\u003eReading V?clav Havel\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to capture the fundamental unity of his vast literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Danaher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442649925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442649927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015","brand":"David S. Danaher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46172984410367,"sku":"9781442649927","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66647260-2460-426d-ba8e-a64eb69ce8f7.jpg?v=1727179643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-vzaclav-havel-david-s-danaher-9781442649927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}