The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy - Daniel Kalder Audiobook
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“A mesmerizing study of books by despots great and small, from the familiar to the largely unknown.”
—The Washington Post
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
Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literally) captive audiences. The titans of the genre—Stalin, Mussolini, and Khomeini among them—produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry, memoirs, and even the occasional romance novel and established a literary tradition of boundless tedium that continues to this day.
How did the production of literature become central to the running of regimes? What do these books reveal about the dictatorial soul? And how can books and literacy, most often viewed as inherently positive, cause immense and lasting harm? Putting daunting research to revelatory use, Daniel Kalder asks and brilliantly answers these questions.
Marshalled upon the beleaguered shelves of The Infernal Library are the books and commissioned works of the century’s most notorious figures. Their words led to the deaths of millions. Their conviction in the significance of their own thoughts brooked no argument. It is perhaps no wonder then, as Kalder argues, that many dictators began their careers as writers.
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This post has 4 comments with rating of 5/5
January 20th, 2024
Quite literally, “Hang the critics!” Isn’t Britain’s beloved BoJo a published article? And Pres. Frump’s Herculean lucubrations have resulted in over a score of fearsomely erudite tomes.
January 20th, 2024
I doubt a week passes when I don’t miss Claudius’ Tyrrhenica, or a year when I don’t want to read the Carchedonica too. I could live without De Bello Gallico, but I’d rather live with it.
And while I’d quite happily lose Mein Kampf if its author would go with it, the text is a revelation of sorts.
But I can see TFG is in trouble if even the lightweights are jumping ship.
January 21st, 2024
One thing to be thankful for, Trump is never going to write a book.
January 22nd, 2024
Donald Trump seriously floated the idea of swearing his oath of office on a copy of ‘The Art of the Deal’.
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