Vaclav Havel's prison letters are unlike anything else he has ever written. Though addressed from jail to his wife, Olga, they might, as his Czech editor Jan Lopatka has suggested, be read as a novel of "character and destiny", in which the hero's quest is a battle in which he must, in the act of putting words to paper, discover the meaning of his life and snatch it from the jaws of nothingness. These letters, says his translator Paul Wilson, "climax in a dramatic spiral of pure thought mingled with an experience of almost ...
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Vaclav Havel's prison letters are unlike anything else he has ever written. Though addressed from jail to his wife, Olga, they might, as his Czech editor Jan Lopatka has suggested, be read as a novel of "character and destiny", in which the hero's quest is a battle in which he must, in the act of putting words to paper, discover the meaning of his life and snatch it from the jaws of nothingness. These letters, says his translator Paul Wilson, "climax in a dramatic spiral of pure thought mingled with an experience of almost religious intensity". They explain why the Czech playwright is regarded as one of the most important writers of our time.
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Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $5.18, good condition, Sold by Seattle Goodwill rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $5.18, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $5.49, fair condition, Sold by St. Vinnie's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Acceptable. Hardcover The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
Add this copy of Letters to Olga: June 1970-September 1982 to cart. $9.95, very good condition, Sold by Books of Paradise rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Magalia, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0394547950. Book and DJ have light shelfwear, pages lightly toning; DJ has tiny tear w/small wrinkle to top spine, several tiny soil spots, spine slightly faded; 397 pages.
Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Crabtree's Collection rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sebago, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Owl/Holt.
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VG lg sz PB. In 1979 after years of harassment, Havel was sentenced to 4-1/2 yrs of hard labor for his human rights activities in. Czechoslovakia. Here are the letters Havel wrote to his wife Olga while he was in prison. They reveal a man of formidible moral courage defending his dignity and identity under circumstances of humiliation and deprivation. Havel is one of the most important European writers and intellectuals of our time. Sl dampstain back fore-edge, sl edge wear.
Add this copy of Letters to Olga. June 1979-September 1982 to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Plain Tales Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington Heights, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Alfred a Knopf Inc.
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Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Eve's Book Garden rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ALBANY, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Knopf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Knopf, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Clean unopened copy. Red line at top ends. Jacket with light wear at corner tips and spine ends, and has a few small tan spots on spine. First American Edition..
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Add this copy of Letters to Olga to cart. $148.32, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Knopf.
