{"product_id":"emergency-exit-and-the-school-for-dictators-ignazio-silone","title":"Emergency Exit and The School for Dictators — Ignazio Silone","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003eAuthor: Ignazio Silone\u003cbr data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"947\"\u003ePublisher: Victor Gollancz\u003cbr data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"976\"\u003eFormat: Two hardcover books with dust jackets\u003cbr data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003eEdition: \u003cem data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1059\"\u003eThe School for Dictators\u003c\/em\u003e: Gollancz edition, rewritten with explanatory preface; \u003cem data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1131\"\u003eEmergency Exit\u003c\/em\u003e: first English-language Gollancz edition, 1969\u003cbr data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1181\"\u003eISBN: \u003cem data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003eThe School for Dictators\u003c\/em\u003e: 0575011858 \/ 9780575011854; \u003cem data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003eEmergency Exit\u003c\/em\u003e: 0575003308 \/ 9780575003309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1694\"\u003eCondition: Good second-hand hardcover condition with dust jackets. Both books show general shelf wear, rubbing, age toning, handling marks, and light wear to the boards and jackets. Dust jackets show visible marks, creasing, small tears, edge wear, and some discolouration consistent with age. Bindings appear firm and pages are clean with light toning. Please see photos for the exact copies available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1901\"\u003eThis pair brings together two politically charged works by Ignazio Silone, one of the major Italian writers of the twentieth century and a lifelong critic of fascism, authoritarianism, and political dogma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"2171\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1929\"\u003eThe School for Dictators\u003c\/em\u003e is Silone’s satirical and analytical study of dictatorship, rewritten with an explanatory preface. Through irony, political argument, and anti-fascist insight, it examines how dictatorships are created, sustained, mythologised, and resisted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2459\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2189\"\u003eEmergency Exit\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of autobiographical fragments and reflections, combining personal memory, political disillusionment, exile, faith, and moral reckoning. It traces Silone’s break with Communist orthodoxy and his lifelong concern with truth, conscience, and human freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49236647510239,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_6560.jpg?v=1779168829","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/emergency-exit-and-the-school-for-dictators-ignazio-silone","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}