A Warsaw Diary; 1978-1981 by Brandys, Kazimierz - 1984

Chatto & Windus -- the Hogarth Press, London, 1984. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. second-hand copy, small marking pen stripe on the bottom edge of the text block, page edges are slightly grubby, internally clean. No annotations.The reminiscences of the author who watched the momentous events of 1978-1981 unfolding his country. These are very personal memoirs but place the political and internal turmoil in perspective of time and place. When these memoirs were first published in Poland they were denounced on Polish television and when the imposition of martial law was imposed, the possession of the book was a mandatory jail term of up to 10 years for anybody possessing a copy.   Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. hundred and 75 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government ; Diaries; History -- Europe ; Biography -- Literary; Communism . ISBN: 0701129034. ISBN/EAN: 9780701129033. Inventory No: 0280250. . 9780701129033