Summer Meditations

Summer Meditations

on Politics, Morality and Civility in a Time of Transition

Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson

Faber and Faber, London, Boston

 

Contents

Translator's Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Politics, Morality, and Civility In a Time of Transition
What I Believe
The Task of Independence
Beyond the Shock of Freedom
Epilogue
Afterword
Background Notes

First published in the USA in 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York and simultaneously in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited
First published in Great Britain in 1992 by Faber and Faber Limited 3 Queen Square London WCIN 3AU

Originally published in Czech in 1991 as Letni premitani by Odeon, Prague

Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc

All rights reserved

© Vaclav Havel, 1991, 1992
English translation © Paul Wilson, 1992

Paul Wilson is hereby identified as translator of this work in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0-571-16770-5 (cased) 0-571-16771-3 (paperback)