The Bloody Crossroads: Where Literature and Politics Meet [Paperback]

Norman Podhoretz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1987

Through an analysis of writers such as Orwell, Solzhenitsyn, and Camus, Podhoretz examines the conflict between totalitarianism and the democratic West at the bloody crossroads where literature and politics meet.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Not surprisingly, these essays by Commentary editor Podhoretz, all previously published, deal with issues dear to the hearts of neoconservatives. Camus, Orwell, Kissinger, and Solzhenitsyn are among the subjects considered, while the unifying themes remain anticommunism and the "adversary culture." Despite the title metaphor, the discussions are curiously bloodless. Occasionally illuminating, seldom convincing, they read more like editorials, lacking the specificity or argumentative rigor of good literary criticism or historical analysis. Thus the collection offers little to anyone outside the neoconservative constituency. But because this constitutency is growing and the author's name will prompt demand, most medium-sized and larger public libraries should consider this book seriously. Robert E. Brown, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Holiday House (February 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671633147
• ISBN-13: 978-0671633141
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,714,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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