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One of the leading Polish writers from the end of the 20th century published his Diaries in 1981 and 1982, which cover the turbulent period of events in Poland in 1978-1984. This is a book of selections from those diary entries.
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A book of interviews in which Kołakowski retrospectively describes his life and intellectual journey through the turbulent 20th century – from pre-war Poland, through Nazi occupation, Stalinism, revisionist Marxism, to exile in the West.