The Philosophy Steamer by Lesley Chamberlain
'Chamberlain movingly describes the experience of exile in ways that echo that great exile novelist Nabokov himself... a richly humane and complex book of enormous spiritual depth by a remarkably talented author.' -- Michael Burleigh, Sunday Telegraph
A remarkable and painful cultural and political history-- Allan Massie * Daily Telegraph *
Compelling, laudably unsentimental and deeply significant. -- Frances Stonar Saunders * Guardian *
Moving, deeply thoughtful... such a good book. -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Chamberlain vividly recreates the character and everyday life of a number of selfless, unworldly refugees in Berlin, Prague and Paris... Chamberlain's focus on the everyday experience of exile in the West, as well as her careful research, ensure that this study will not be superseded. -- Donald Rayfield * Literary Review *
Compelling, laudably unsentimental and deeply significant. -- Frances Stonar Saunders * Guardian *
Moving, deeply thoughtful... such a good book. -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Chamberlain vividly recreates the character and everyday life of a number of selfless, unworldly refugees in Berlin, Prague and Paris... Chamberlain's focus on the everyday experience of exile in the West, as well as her careful research, ensure that this study will not be superseded. -- Donald Rayfield * Literary Review *
Lesley Chamberlain is a writer and reviewer distinguished for her wide-ranging work from travel (In the Communist Mirror) to philosophy (Nietzsche in Turin). Her most recent book is Motherland: A Philosophical History of Russia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843540939 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843540932 |
| Title | The Philosophy Steamer |
| Author | Lesley Chamberlain |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2007-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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