My Century by Aleksander Wat

A vividly autobiographical chronicle that traces a Central European intellectual’s journey through the upheavals of the twentieth century, blending personal memory, literary reflection, and sharp political critique; it recounts youthful avant-garde experiments, encounters with totalitarianism, imprisonment and exile, the trauma of war, and the moral dilemmas faced by Jews and writers under shifting regimes, offering intimate anecdotes and panoramic meditations on history, memory, and conscience.

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