Had communists not seized power in his homeland in 1948, Vaclav Havel would have been simply a distinguished Central European intellectual. That is how, triumphantly, he ended his career. In between came imprisonment, interrogations, house searches, isolation, heartbreak and betrayals—and adulation on the national and international stage.
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I HEART VACLAV HAVEL!!!!
Our briefing tells the story of Vaclav Havel—the unassuming man who taught, through plays and politics, how tyranny may be defied and overcome. (via theeconomist)
(via theeconomist)
