An Opposing Man
1974, the first UK edition of Ernst Fischer's autobiography
Author
Ernst Fischer, with an introduction by John Berger, translated by Peter and Betty Ross
Publisher
Allen Lane, London, 1974
Printing Details
First UK edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15.5cm, 418pp.
Ernst Fischer is best known to English-speaking readers for his brilliant study in Marxist aesthetics The Necessity of Art. This book, an autobiography covering the first forty-five years of his life, is concerned mainly with his political activities. But the book is much more than an autobiography. It is an absorbing and often lyrical description of the ethos of European socialism in the period between the two world wars, and its fierce fight for survival.
Condition
The book itself is in very good condition, the dustwrapper has some light edgewear and some minor damage to the top of the spine.
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