The Memory Chalet 英文原版

SelectedbyTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewasaNotableBookoftheYearFinalreflectionsonahappylife-fromacclaimedhistorianTonyJudt.TonyJudt'sTheMemoryChaletisamemoirunlikeanyother.Eachessaybringsthesmallestdetailsofpersonalexperienceintothelargerframeofhistory.Judt'syouthfulloveofaLondonbusroutebecomesareflectiononpubliccivility.FoodandtrainsandsmellsallcomealiveasJudttakesusfromthepostwarLondonofhischildhoodthroughParis,Prague,andpointseasttoNewYork,wherehefoundhishome.Judtbringshismoralclarityandwittobearoneverythingfromfastcarstoradicalpoliticsand,finally,thedevastatingillnessthattookhislife.Thisbook,composedwhenJudtwasparalyzedandunablephysicallytowrite,founditsshapeintheorderedroomsofaSwissChaletofthemind:awarmrefugeintheclosingdarknessofhisfinalyears.