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The Power of the Powerless by Havel Vaclav
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Václav Havel's remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the grocer's unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the l ...Show more
To the Castle and Back by Vaclav Havel
$22.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Vintage
From the former president of the Czech Republic comes this first-hand account of his years in office and the transition to democracy following the fall of Communism. A renowned playwright, Vaclav Havel became one of Czechoslovakia's most prominent dissidents under Communist rule - and the president afte ...Show more
To the Castle and Back by Vaclav Havel (tr from Czech Paul Wilson)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In this illuminating memoir, Vaclav Havel recollects his fourteen years at Prague Castle during this pivotal period, writing with wit, charm and candour about the peculiar life of a statesman and his lack of readiness for the surreal challenges of governing a young democracy, as well as reflecting on th ...Show more
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