Living in Truth: 22 Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havel (Paperback)

~ Vaclav Havel (Author), Jan Vladislav (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 315 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber; Reprint edition (March 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571144403
• ISBN-13: 978-0571144402
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #851,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essays and Tributes, September 30, 2005

By	William Fox (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For the information of those interested enough to read this review, this book contains six of Vaclav Havel's essays (including the excellent "Power of the Powerless" and an open letter to Gustav Husak) as well as sixteen letters or essays of tribute to Havel (including an essay by Samuel Beckett and another by Arthur Miller). Havel's essays are published in several other works, but I haven't found the letters to and about him in any other book. This is an interesting book about a dissident who, while once challenging authority, had the courage to assume it and with it all of its moral complexities.

I also recommend James Sire's book "Vaclav Havel: The International Conscience of International Politics" for a concise and readable introduction to the man and his work.