Greg's review
Living My Life (Penguin Classics) by Emma Goldman
Ms. Goldman's role in the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921 is the best reason I can find to recommend this book.
Other than providing a rare firsthand account of said rebellion, much less from a source unsympathetic to both the Soviet state and the west, I am hesitant to recommend the book.
Goldman was a part of the conspiracy to murder Henry Clay Frick, and played a part in virtually every American leftist movement during her life.
Female suffrage (only arguably "leftist") is the only exception I can think of, and this abstention was willful.
I was frankly put off by her breathy style, and felt this already condensed book could have been about 100 pages shorter. Most of that would be removing her periodic 3 lines of expressing outrage or orgiastic joy.
If you are less cynical than I you may appreciate this book much more.
Other than providing a rare firsthand account of said rebellion, much less from a source unsympathetic to both the Soviet state and the west, I am hesitant to recommend the book.
Goldman was a part of the conspiracy to murder Henry Clay Frick, and played a part in virtually every American leftist movement during her life.
Female suffrage (only arguably "leftist") is the only exception I can think of, and this abstention was willful.
I was frankly put off by her breathy style, and felt this already condensed book could have been about 100 pages shorter. Most of that would be removing her periodic 3 lines of expressing outrage or orgiastic joy.
If you are less cynical than I you may appreciate this book much more.
