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MY CENTURY: THE ODYSSEY OF A POLISH INTELLECTUAL PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Aleksander Wat,Czeslaw Milosz | 448 pages | 01 Jan 2004 | The New York Review of Books, Inc | 9781590170656 | English | New York, United States My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectual PDF Book The last paragraph of Aleksander Wat's section of the book ends, "If it hadn't been for the kindness, the warmth that those people, those Orthodox Jews in Kazakhstan , showed to me, a "meches", a converted Jew Linked Data More info about Linked Data. Wat, unfortunately, did not have the time to finish telling the story of his life to Milosz. Lost Worlds. It is vivid and wonderful, it reads like a story even though the author seems to have an aversion to story telling. Clearly there was no plan now; the plan had vanished, been washed away. Please enter your name. You may send this item to up to five recipients. Search WorldCat Find items in libraries near you. You already recently rated this item. Raymond Carr , Carlos Ripoll. Privacy Policy Cookie Notice Cookie list and settings Terms and Conditions WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. Klara rated it it was amazing Jul 18, The reserves of human nastiness are not readily exhausted. Poets, Polish -- 20th century -- Biography. Please enter your name. Based on interviews with Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, My Century describes the artistic, sexual, and political experimentation --in which Wat was a major participant-- that followed the end of World War I: an explosion of talent and ideas which, he argues, in some ways helped to open the door to the destruction that the Nazis and Bolsheviks soon visited upon the world. Thank you Mr. Be the first. His family were members of the Polish-Jewish intelligentsia: he himself grew up, in the words of Czeslaw Milosz, ''at the borderline of Judaism, Catholicism, and atheism. The lavatory was right in the car, a hole in the floor. All this presented in a series of discussions between Aleksander Wat and Czeslaw Milosz, Noble Prize laureate in literature, another refugee from Communist Poland. Biden has portrayed this race as a contest between Scranton and Park Avenue, yet Biden left Scranton as soon as he could, nearly half a century ago. No trivia or quizzes yet. Subscribe to Intellectual Takeout's Daily Digest! For example, he recognized that the significance of the millions in slave labor camps rested not so much in the unfortunate ones in the camps but rather in the masses not yet sent there: every citizen had a close relative or friend, probably innocent, inside a camp, and so was cowed by personal and daily reminders of Stalin's arbitrary and unlimited grip. I place the book right up there, with Grossman's Life and Fate. But maybe people like my friend will end up having the last laugh. What can it tell us that we don't already know? My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectual Writer Want to Read Currently Reading Read. It has now been translated into excellent, smooth-running English by Richard Lourie. This is a wonderful memoir about Aleksander Wat's time in prison during both the soviet and the nazi occupation of Poland in the forties. Richard Lourie. My thoughts expressed perfectly in your words. Based on interviews with Nobel Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz, this book describes a vanished world of artistic innovation and political rebellion. Paperback , pages. Aleksander Wat, born Aleksander Chwat to a Jewish father and a Polish mother was a Polish poet, writer and art theoretician, one of the precursors of Polish futurism movement in early s. By Tom Zoldak. Other Editions Until he was a main contributor to the Marxist Tygodnik literacki Literary Weekly. Look what started to seep in, beginning and probably even with candidates during our administration. Foreword by Czeslaw Milosz. We already knew what those transports were like. Linked Data More info about Linked Data. Original Title. Reddaway , Andrew Meier. But ''My Century'' is far from being an unrelieved horror story. Proust in Lubyanka. Wat never goes in for anti-Russian sentiment and in fact mentions the acts of kindness he received from ordinary Russian guards and even NKVD interrogators. Richard Lourie Translator ,. The Last Laugh. Recorded and rewritten version of an autobiography. But somehow Peiper vanished in that enormous crowd of people. In the course of the 's, he shed most of his political illusions, and as soon as he learned of the Nazi-Soviet pact in he realized that Hitler and Stalin were intending to carve up Poland between them. Linked Data More info about Linked Data. Recommended only for readers interested in the subject: the experience of a Polish Jewish intellectual dealing with the nightmare of his country overrun from the west by Hitler, then from east by Stalin. As soon as the wooden car doors were slid open on their casters, the whole group of us surged forward like wild men to grab the good places. Beria, the head of the secret police - ''Make hamburger out of him! Wat began life in a genteel assimilated, intellectual environment in Warsaw,the descendant of an old and distinguised Jewish family. Thanks to using our elbows, Broniewski and I had relatively decent places, not right by the window but not far from it either, and on the same side. Antony , France. Return to Book Page. The daily routine has been described a hundred times — head counts, officers, NKVD. Additional Product Features Dewey Edition. He paints a particularly memorable portrait of a prisoner in Lubyanka called Taitz, formerly deputy director of the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow, who had been tortured on the express instructions of Lavrenti P. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. Readers also enjoyed. Issue Archive. Someone very cruel must have thought that one up because those herring were covered with a thick crust — not a layer, a crust — of salt. Please enter the message. Your request to send this item has been completed. Want to Read saving…. By rights, My Century shouldn't exist, since its author had no business living long enough to tell his story. About this product. Other editions. My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectual Reviews After a brief service with the Polish Army he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Warsaw University , where he studied philosophy , psychology and logic. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Pre-owned: Lowest price The lowest-priced item that has been used or worn previously. Just read the book already. Still, the life of a book doesn't lie in broad outlines but in concrete detail, and Aleksander Wat's ''My Century'' is a very remarkable book indeed. December 8, Views Read Edit View history. The daily routine has been described a hundred times — head counts, officers, NKVD. Your rating has been recorded. But ''My Century'' is far from being an unrelieved horror story. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Thanks for the Memory. You may have already requested this item. Add to cart. Finding libraries that hold this item By rights, My Century shouldn't exist, since its author had no business living long enough to tell his story. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. No trivia or quizzes yet. Wat gained interesting insights in Recommended only for readers interested in the subject: the experience of a Polish Jewish intellectual dealing with the nightmare of his country overrun from the west by Hitler, then from east by Stalin. Open Preview See a Problem? Reddaway , Andrew Meier. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. To ask other readers questions about My Century , please sign up. Please enter your name. The name field is required. Wat began life in a genteel assimilated, intellectual environment in Warsaw,the descendant of an old and distinguised Jewish family. But there is nothing esoteric about either his passion or his sardonic wit once he turns to the story of his involvement with Communism. Namespaces Article Talk. Poles were the largest single ethnic group to immigrate to the region, but Slovaks, Czechs, Lithuanians, Hungarians, and Ukrainians also came in large numbers. View all subjects. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address es. Is the World Getting Hotter? Wat, Aleksander. Jennifer Crewe. In the Eastern Europe of the early 's, Aleksander Wat had the phenomenally bad luck to be at once a Pole, a Jew and an ex-communist: a sort of infernal trifecta, given the circumstances. My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectual Read Online Add to cart. In he followed up with a volume of short stories, Lucifer unemployed Bezrobotny Lucyfer in Polish. There is also, at every stage, Aleksander Wat himself, with his keen intelligence, his powerful descriptive gifts and his moral insight. He was to spend almost two years in a series of prisons, including the notorious Lubyanka in Moscow. You may have already requested this item. You may have already requested this item. Finding libraries that hold this item Biography Memoir. Average rating 4. Wat began life in a genteel assimilated, intellectual environment in Warsaw,the descendant of an old and distinguised Jewish family. My thoughts expressed perfectly in your words. One point he keeps coming back to is that prison, for all its brutality, made him a complete human being. But we were going to Butyrki We were taken to the railroad tracks; there was no station in sight.

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