Farewell to illusions
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Farewell to illusions
19.99 €
Vladimir Pozner wrote the book "Farewell to Illusions" twenty-one years ago. He wrote it in English. In the United States, it spent twelve weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Posner thought that he would immediately translate his book into Russian, but as he said, "It was too hard for me, I'll wait a little longer". He waited eighteen years - the translation was completed in 2008. For three more years he pondered over how to reflect these past years in the manuscript. And only now, in the author's opinion, the time has come to publish the Russian version of the book "Farewell to Illusions".
This is not just a memoir of a man with a very complicated but truly dizzying fate: Posner was born in Paris, spent his childhood in New York and only at the age of 18 came to Moscow for the first time. Desperate to be Russian, he is still trying to figure out who he is and where his real homeland is. The book is interesting because Vladimir Pozner has seen many of the major events of the twentieth century "from different sides of the barricades" and is able to tell about it in a fascinating and very sharp way. But the main thing is that he tries to assess Russia, America and Europe in a sober and unbiased way. Posner knows our and Western television, the political backstage and the life of the elites from the inside. For the first time in Russian literature of the XXI century, the author dares to speak honestly about issues of national identity, religion, politics and the peculiarities of the Russian mentality. This book will undoubtedly change our attitude to memoirs, since no one has ever written about his life, country and our era with such frankness, irony and depth.
"Farewell to Illusions"... The title of the book can be signed by many. Of those who read this book, all will subscribe
.
"Posner is like a man in love with two women. Russia is the legal wife to whom he is eternally devoted, America the mistress who has forever 'fallen' into his heart. Sharp!"
Washington Post Book World
This is not just a memoir of a man with a very complicated but truly dizzying fate: Posner was born in Paris, spent his childhood in New York and only at the age of 18 came to Moscow for the first time. Desperate to be Russian, he is still trying to figure out who he is and where his real homeland is. The book is interesting because Vladimir Pozner has seen many of the major events of the twentieth century "from different sides of the barricades" and is able to tell about it in a fascinating and very sharp way. But the main thing is that he tries to assess Russia, America and Europe in a sober and unbiased way. Posner knows our and Western television, the political backstage and the life of the elites from the inside. For the first time in Russian literature of the XXI century, the author dares to speak honestly about issues of national identity, religion, politics and the peculiarities of the Russian mentality. This book will undoubtedly change our attitude to memoirs, since no one has ever written about his life, country and our era with such frankness, irony and depth.
"Farewell to Illusions"... The title of the book can be signed by many. Of those who read this book, all will subscribe
.
"Posner is like a man in love with two women. Russia is the legal wife to whom he is eternally devoted, America the mistress who has forever 'fallen' into his heart. Sharp!"
Washington Post Book World
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