Moscow Diary

by Walter Benjamin

Book Overview

The life of the German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is a veritable allegory of the life of letters in the twentieth century. Benjamin's intellectual odyssey culminated in his death by suicide on the Franco-Spanish border, pursued by the Nazis, but long before he had traveled to the Soviet Union. His stunning account of that journey is unique among Benjamin's writings for the frank, merciless way he struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674587448
• ISBN13: 9780674587441
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.0"