{"product_id":"summer-meditations-9780679744979","title":"Summer Meditations","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a book written while he was president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel combines the same powerful eloquence, moral passion, and abiding wisdom that informed his writing as a dissident and playwright, with a candor unprecedented from one with the broad perspective and infinite responsibility of governing a country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHavel, now president of the Czech Republic, addresses the legacy of Communism as the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution gives way to a more problematic reality. Yet even as he grapples with the challenges of political change, he affirms his belief in a politics motivated by moral responsibility; in an economy tempered by compassion; and in the central roles of art and culture in the transformation of society. Summer Meditations is not only a timely and necessary testament of events in Eastern Europe but a profound reflection upon the nature and practice of politics and a stirring call for morality, civility, and openness in public life throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vaclav Havel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.19w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679744979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVáclav Havel\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Czechoslovakia in 1936. Among his plays, those best known in the West are \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memorandum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLargo Desolato, Temptation\u003c\/i\u003e, and three one-act plays, \u003ci\u003eAudience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrivate View\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProtest\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding spokesman of Charter 77 and the author of many influential essays on the nature of totalitarianism and dissent. In 1979 he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his involvement in the human rights movement. Out of this imprisonment came his book of letters to his wife, \u003ci\u003eLetters to Olga \u003c\/i\u003e(1981). In 1989 he helped to found the Civic Forum, the first legal opposition movement in Czechoslovakia in 40 years; in December 1989 he was elected president of Czechoslovakia; and in 1994 became the first president of the independent Czech Republic. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eTo the Castle and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2007. He died in 2011 at the age of 75.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181783183475,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":19.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a58db9f0-3c14-4989-9410-38e63c789a0c.jpg?v=1766931452","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/summer-meditations-9780679744979","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}