The memory chalet
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"'The Memory Chalet' is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning. Memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe, before concluding that his generation 'was a revolutionary generation, but missed the revolution.' A series of road trips across America lead not just to an appreciation of American history, but to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. Foods and trains and long-lost smells all compete for Judt's attention; but for us, he has forged his reflections into an elegant arc of analysis. All as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet-a reassuring refuge deep in the mountains of memory."--Dust jacket flap.
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Judt, T. (2010). The memory chalet. New York, Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Judt, Tony. 2010. The Memory Chalet. New York, Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Judt, Tony, The Memory Chalet. New York, Penguin Press, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Judt, Tony. The Memory Chalet. New York, Penguin Press, 2010.
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