{"product_id":"interesting-times-a-twentieth-century-life-paperback","title":"Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Hobsbawm has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest living historians. Called \"a lyrical, pungent, and provocative memoir\" by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInteresting Times\u003c\/i\u003e offers a personal tour through what Hobsbawm terms \"the most extraordinary and terrible century in human history.\" The book takes us from his birth in Alexandria, Egypt, and early schooling in Weimar Berlin to his student days as a Cambridge Red and Apostle at King's College. Hobsbawm took E.M. Forster to hear Lenny Bruce, demonstrated with Bertrand Russell against nuclear arms, translated for Che Guevara in Havana, and inaugurated the modern history of banditry. With \u003ci\u003eInteresting Times\u003c\/i\u003e, we see the making of one of the Left's most important intellectuals, and the history of the twentieth century through the unforgiving eye of one of its most intensely engaged participants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/strong\u003e (1917-2012) was born in Egypt in 1917 and educated in Austria, Germany, and England. He taught at Birkbeck College, the University of London, and the New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Capital\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Extremes\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eOn History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndustry and Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBandits\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Edge of the New Century\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevolutionaries\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFractured Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and his memoir \u003cem\u003eInteresting Times\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.32 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923637502259,"sku":"9781565849655","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/L3duTSsxbG42amx3Y1B2NHpDa2dhQT09.webp?v=1793825457","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/interesting-times-a-twentieth-century-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}