The Memory Chalet
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm
"'The Memory Chalet' is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning. Memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe, before concluding that his generation 'was a revolutionary generation, but missed the revolution.' A series of road trips across America lead not just to an appreciation of American history, but to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. Foods and trains and long-lost smells all compete for Judt's attention; but for us, he has forged his reflections into an elegant arc of analysis. All as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet-a reassuring refuge deep in the mountains of memory."--Dust jacket flap.
Contents:
The memory chalet -- Night -- Austerity -- Food -- Cars -- Putney -- The Green Line bus -- Mimetic desire -- The Lord Warden -- Joe -- Kibbutz -- Bedder -- Paris was yesterday -- Revolutionaries -- Work -- Meritocrats -- Words -- Go West, young Judt -- Midlife crisis -- Captive minds -- Girls, girls, girls -- New York, New York -- Edge people -- Toni -- Magic mountains.
Subjects:
Judt, Tony (Tony Robert), 1948-2010.
1900-2099
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
Twentieth century.
Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Judt, Tony (Tony Robert), 1948-2010.
1900-2099
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
Twentieth century.
Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781594202896
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Judt, Tony | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |