Calamities of Exile - Three Nonfiction Novellas

Summary

A collection of narratives examining the stories of three expatriates - an Iraqi, Czech and an Afrikaner - who have suffered for speaking out in opposition to the totalitarian regimes holding sway in their homeland. The book explores the nature of modern totalitarianism and exile.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Weschler, Weschler Lawrence
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780226893921
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89392-1
• No. of pages: 211
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Social groups, Republic of South Africa, Political structure & processes, Iraq, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Political ideologies and movements, Political structure and processes, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Social groups, communities and identities