{"product_id":"summer-meditations","title":"Summer Meditations","description":"xviii, 151 pp. In a book written while he was president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel combines the same powerful eloquence, moral passion, and abiding wisdom that informed his writing as a dissident and playwright, with a candor unprecedented from one with the broad perspective and infinite responsibility of governing a country. Havel, now president of the Czech Republic, addresses the legacy of Communism as the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution gives way to a more problematic reality. Yet even as he grapples with the challenges of political change, he affirms his belief in a politics motivated by moral responsibility; in an economy tempered by compassion; and in the central roles of art and culture in the transformation of society. Summer Meditations is not only a timely and necessary testament of events in Eastern Europe but a profound reflection upon the nature and practice of politics and a stirring call for morality, civility, and openness in public life throughout the world.","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41091031564358,"sku":"2341564","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2341564.jpg?v=1708487265","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-meditations","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}