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Conquest's Conquest: A man and his admirers.(author Robert Conquest)
We're in something of a Robert Conquest moment -- but then, we've always been in such a moment, at least since 1968, when Conquest published his book on Stalin's rule, The Great Terror. That was the book that shut them up. Well, many of them, anyway.
Currently, Martin Amis and Christopher Hitchens both have books out. Who are they? They're two of the jazziest British writers of their generation, and they're great friends of each other, as well as great rivals. Amis's book is called Koba the Dread: It's about Stalin (Koba was a nickname) and the failure of Western intellectuals to come to grips with Communism. It also touches on several personal matters. Amis ...
- HISTORY; DREAD NIGHT; MARTIN AMIS REVISITS STALIN'S GULAGS IN A CHILLING...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Hanson, Eric July 28, 2002 700+ words
...much the same way that Conquest's work had been treated...personal goal is to restore Conquest's reputation: To the extent he needed it, Conquest has found an eloquent...HISTORY Koba the Dread By: Martin Amis. Publisher: Talk/Miramax...
- Memory hole: why the left wants to forget Uncle Joe.(Martin Amis on Joseph...
- Magazine article from: Reason Freund, Charles Paul December 1, 2002 700+ words
JOSEPH STALIN MADE Martin Amis-laugh four times. Amis reports...encountered in the works of Robert Conquest, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and the...itself perched on moral high ground. Martin Amis, whose famous novelist father, Kingsley...
- Amis amiss.(Opinion)(Martin Amis)
- Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life Jacobs, Alan June 1, 2008 700+ words
...have the guts to betray my country." Martin Amis is an English novelist with a history...reliable guides to the nightmare are Robert Conquest and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. A wise conclusion...should we read Amis in preference to Conquest and Solzhenitsyn? Because his book is...
- Meet Uncle Joe, the jovial executioner; Critic's choice KOBA THE DREAD:...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Walden, George September 6, 2002 700+ words
...totalitarianism, but young Will really should chill out with Martin Amis's new book. The voice is powerful and insistent. 'This...Amis quotes, by Solzhenitsyn, by Amis's friend Robert Conquest, by the American Richard Pipes, by Orlando Figes and a hundred...
- War of words; We need novelists to speak out in times of world crisis. But not...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Wilson, A.N. October 23, 2002 700+ words
Byline: A.N. WILSON MARTIN Amis has been causing offence to the...the phrase "the early novels of Martin Amis", they might make some sort of...nonsense. I would have thought Martin Amis would not need any more publicity...
- La risa de Martin Amis.
- Magazine article from: Proceso Mejía Madrid, Fabrizio December 25, 2005 700+ words
...transgresoras como Dinero o La informacin, a Martin Amis lo persiguen los tabloides y las crticas...padre, el escritor Kingsley Amis. Martin Amis se cobija la cabeza entre los hombros...por los laboristas. La prensa acosa a Martin Amis porque --segn l mismo-- no le perdonan...
- Martin Amis's memoirs.(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 27, 2000 700+ words
The ties that bind EXPERIENCE. By Martin Amis. Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion; 406...is famous and his father is famous, Martin Amis assumes, in his memoirs, that you...family's feelings with his "rude" (Martin Amis's mother's word) articles about...
- Martin Amis: 'La fama no vale nada'.(El Angel)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) January 13, 2002 700+ words
...el filoso volumen donde el britnico Martin Amis ajusta cuentas con sus ex amigos del...es una ficcin, o que la verdad sobre Martin Amis hay que buscarla en cualquier lado menos...personaje de s mismo? Es posible que el "Martin Amis" de Experiencia sea otra creacin...
