Dictator literature : a history of despots through their writing
Kalder, Daniel, 1974-2018
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Countless historians have dedicated decades of their lives to detailing the atrocities perpetrated by the 20th century's most notorious dictators. Yet one area of tyrannical infamy has been shockingly neglected - the crimes of these despots against literature. Between them, they produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry collections, memoirs and even the occasional romance novel (Saddam Hussein penned 'Zabiba and the King' after falling in love with the 24-year-old daughter of one of his advisers). What do these books reveal about the dictatorial soul? How did their production become central to the running of these regimes? A journey to the end of the literary night, leavened by Kalder's darkly humorous wit, 'Dictator Literature' is the true story of the worst books in the world.
Main title:
Dictator literature : a history of despots through their writing / Daniel Kalder.
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Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2018.London : Oneworld, 2018.
Collation:
400 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781786070586 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.892135223
Language:
English
BRN:
1910296