Deserter from death : dispatches from western Europe, 1950-2000 / Daniel Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Daniel, 1926-2000.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 428 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, 2005.

Summary:

A " deserter from death, " Polish-born Daniel Singer narrowly escaped the Holocaust to become one of the left' s leading social and political commentators of our time. Deserter from Death collects Singer' s writing, from when he was a young correspondent for The Economist to his years at The Nation. Much of the material will be new (and a revelation) to Singer' s followers, including his coverage of the Algerian crisis in the late fifties and the effervescent events of May ' 68. Deserter from Death is a social history of the past half-century, a memorial to one of our great correspondents, and a reminder of what we lost when we lost Daniel Singer. Showcasing Singer' s writing over the course of his long and illustrious career, this collection is introduced by his old friend, the great polymath and intellectual George Steiner.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1560256427

OCLC:

57998867