Paradise Regained: Memoir of a Rebel [Paperback]

C.L. Sulzberger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0275930777 | ISBN-13: 978-0275930776

Paradise Regained is the affectionately written memoir of Milovan Djilas, dissident and long-term political prisoner of Yugoslavia. In this compelling narrative, C.L. Sulzberger, former foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, recollects his spirited and frank discussions with Djilas over the course of their long friendship. Djilas life, marked by significant political power as well as years of imprisonment, is fully revealed as he expounds on the great events of the twentieth century. Sulzberger provides a strikingly human perspective on this key figure in Eastern European politics. This engrossing book, one man's personal testament to a friend, is essential realing for anyone interested in the history of the twentieth century.

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From Publishers Weekly

At 77, Milovan Djilas is Yugoslavia's "most famous dissident." Formerly one of Tito's top lieutenants, Djilas fell from grace in 1954 by positing, in a series of articles, that the Communists had achieved their revolutionary goals and had subsequently created their own elite of privileged officials. Djilas expanded his thesis in The New Class (1957), a manuscript of which he smuggled West prior to a three-year prison term. A second critical work published in the West in 1962, Conversations with Stalin , led to five more years' imprisonment. While jailed, Djilas translated Milton's Paradise Lost into Serbo-Croatian; in addition, he has written numerous other works and what Sulzberger claims are "brilliant" short stories. Sulzberger, a New York Times correspondent who first met Djilas in 1945, has obscured his interesting subject in a repetitive and rambling biography. Dense quotes from conversations and from Djilas's writings bog down rather than enhance the story; the result reads more like a term paper than the personal tribute Sulzberger intended.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Sulzberger, a veteran foreign affairs correspondent, now retired, for the New York Times, provides an intriguing and quite readable exploration of the life and thoughts of mercurial Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilas (1911-). Drawing on many conversations with Djilas, as well as the dissident's diverse political and literary works, he presents Djilas's views on the Yugoslav revolution and Communist regime, intellectual pursuits, the life of the political prisoner, and much more. Numerous excerpts from the conversations are woven into the narrative, providing a lively sense of Djilas's unique place in 20th-century Yugoslav politics and intellectual life. The book is also a moving memoir of a fascinating friendship between two quite different individuals. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
- James B. Street, Santa Cruz P.L., Cal .
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Paperback (November 18, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275930777
• ISBN-13: 978-0275930776
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,249,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sulzberger used Milton's title for a non-fiction, non-poetic, June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Paradise Regained: Memoir of a Rebel (Paperback)

author stole milton's title, so can I. Doran William Cannon author, Paradise Regained, 1999