Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents
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Product Description
If we are to replace fear with confidence then we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a story that carries moral and political conviction. This book provides that story.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8329 in Books
- Published on: 2011-04-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
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- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
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Editorial Reviews
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Sinewy analysis and supple prose, as clear and refreshing as a mountain stream (Christopher Silvester Telegraph )
One of the most remarkable books on politics to have appeared for a very long time (John Gray Literary Review )
Elegant, courageous and deeply humane (Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times )
About the Author
At the time of his death, Tony Judt was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2007 a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 2009 Judt was awarded a Special Orwell Prize for Lifetime Achievement for his contribution to British Political writing. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (2005) was a runner up for the 2006 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
