Blacklisted : a journalist's life in Central Europe / by Paul Lendvai ; translated by Jean Steinberg with the Author
London ; New York : I. B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States By St. Martin's Press, 1998. First English Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages; Description: xvi, 213 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Translation of: Auf schwarzen Listen. Includes index. Subjects: Lendvai, Paul (1929-) --Journalists --Hungary --Biography --Europe --Politics and government --1945 --Europe, Eastern --Politics and government --1945. Summary: Paul Lendvai, born a Hungarian Jew, was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager, survived the Holocaust, became a young communist activist in post-war Budapest, was arrested by the communists, again survived as one of the country's youngest political prisoners and, on his release, was blacklisted as a journalist by the communist regime. After fleeing to Vienna following the 1956 Revolution, Lendvai was to become one of the world's best-informed journalists and commentators on Eastern Europe. In this prize-winning memoir, Lendvai paints a chilling picture of ethnic hatred, political turbulence and murderous anti-Semitism which have characterized the history of 20th century Central Europe. His encounters with killers, torturers, onlookers and victims, traitors and heroes make for gripping reading. Item #155817
ISBN: 1860642683
Price: €9.95