The infernal library
Subtitle: on dictators, the books they wrote, and other catastrophes of literacy
By: Daniel Kalder
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781627793421
Subjects: Authorship; Dictators as authors; Revolutionary literature; History
Description: "A harrowing tour of 'dictator literature' in the twentieth-century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world for the worse." -- From book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.