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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 04 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Joe Barrett. |
| Summary |
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
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Twentieth century.
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Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Barrett, Joe.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781705256619 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705256619 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13540253 |
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