Open Letters

Open Letters


Selected Writings 1965 - 1990

Selected and Edited by Paul Wilson

 

Alfred A. Knopf, New York

 

Contents


Preface
Acknowledgments

Second Wind (December 1976)
On Evasive Thinking (June 1965)
On the Theme of an Opposition (April 1968)
Letter to Alexander Dubcek (August 1969)
An Open Letter to Dr. Husak (April 1975)
"It Always Makes Sense to Tell the Truth": An Interview with Jiri Lederer (April 1975)
The Trial (October 1976)
Article 202 (January 1978)
Article 203 (April 1978)
The Power of the Powerless (October 1978)
Report on My House Arrest (Jan. 1979, Mar. 1979)
Two Letters from Prison (Jan. 22, 1983; Feb. 5, 1983)
"I Take the Side of Truth": An Interview with Antoine Spire (April 1983)
Politics and Conscience (February, 1984)
Six Asides About Culture (August 1984)
Thriller (November 1984)
Anatomy of a Reticence (April 1985)
Two Notes on Charter 77 (March 1986)
Stories and Totalitarianism (April 1987)
Meeting Gorbachev (July 1987)
Farce, Reformability, and the Future of the World (October 1987)
Thinking About Frantisek K. (January 1988)
Testing Ground (Summer 1989)
A Word About Words (July 1989)
New Year's Address (December 1989)
Notes
Index


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