We Need Silence to Find Out What We Think: Selected Essays

by Shirley Hazzard

Book Overview

Spanning the 1960s to the 2000s, these nonfiction writings showcase Shirley Hazzard's extensive thinking on global politics, international relations, the history and fraught present of Western literary culture, and postwar life in Europe and Asia. They add essential clarity to the themes that dominate her award-winning fiction and expand the intellectual registers in which her writings work. Hazzard writes about her employment at the United Nations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231173261
• ISBN13: 9780231173261
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher