The memory chalet /
Judt, Tony,
The memory chalet / Tony Judt. - xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm
Included bibliographical references.
The memory chalet -- Night -- Austerity -- Food -- Cars -- Putney -- The Green Line bus -- Mimetic desire -- The Lord Warden -- Joe -- Kibbutz -- Bedder -- Paris was yesterday -- Revolutionaries -- Work -- Meritocrats -- Words -- Go West, young Judt -- Midlife crisis -- Captive minds -- Girls, girls, girls -- New York, New York -- Edge people -- Toni -- Magic mountains.
"'The Memory Chalet' is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning. Memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe, before concluding that his generation 'was a revolutionary generation, but missed the revolution.' A series of road trips across America lead not just to an appreciation of American history, but to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. Foods and trains and long-lost smells all compete for Judt's attention; but for us, he has forged his reflections into an elegant arc of analysis. All as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet-a reassuring refuge deep in the mountains of memory."--Dust jacket flap.
9781594202896 1594202893 9780143119975 0143119974
9781594202896
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2010283600
Civilization, Modern--20th century.
Twentieth century.
Authors, English--21st century--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
Travel writing.
The memory chalet / Tony Judt. - xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm
Included bibliographical references.
The memory chalet -- Night -- Austerity -- Food -- Cars -- Putney -- The Green Line bus -- Mimetic desire -- The Lord Warden -- Joe -- Kibbutz -- Bedder -- Paris was yesterday -- Revolutionaries -- Work -- Meritocrats -- Words -- Go West, young Judt -- Midlife crisis -- Captive minds -- Girls, girls, girls -- New York, New York -- Edge people -- Toni -- Magic mountains.
"'The Memory Chalet' is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning. Memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe, before concluding that his generation 'was a revolutionary generation, but missed the revolution.' A series of road trips across America lead not just to an appreciation of American history, but to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. Foods and trains and long-lost smells all compete for Judt's attention; but for us, he has forged his reflections into an elegant arc of analysis. All as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet-a reassuring refuge deep in the mountains of memory."--Dust jacket flap.
9781594202896 1594202893 9780143119975 0143119974
9781594202896
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2010283600
Civilization, Modern--20th century.
Twentieth century.
Authors, English--21st century--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
Travel writing.