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Memoirs of a Revolutionary
by Adam Hochschild, George Paizis, Peter Sedgwick, Richard Greeman, Victor Serge
June 18, 2019 - Aug. 6, 2019 (read/capitalism-etc/new-favorites/memoirs)

Serge, V. (2012). Memoirs of a Revolutionary. NYRB Classics.


NYRB Classics, 2012. 576 pages. Paperback. 9781590174517

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p.347
pellucid »
translucently clear
p.302
hermetic »
(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight
p.273
calumny »
(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm anoth…
p.211
irredentist »
(noun) a political principle or policy directed t…
p.172
arrogate »
(verb) to claim or seize without justification / …
p.438
having so many dead men at my back
I have outlived three generations of brave men, m…
p.416
what power did he have over capital?
The press is still making reassuring remarks—“The…
p.373
we do not live for ourselves
My heart was utterly ravaged as I left; I was sev…
p.365
listened to it all in silence
[...] I shall never forget the way in which some …
p.307
delving for his raw material in the subconscious
Poets and novelists are not political beings beca…