Name: A Train of Powder: Essays (en Inglés)
SKU: 68794445
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Author: Rebecca West
ISBN: 9780385552059

portada A Train of Powder: Essays (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Autor

Rebecca West

Año

2027

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

432

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.05x12.7x2.79 cm

ISBN13

9780385552059

A Train of Powder: Essays (en Inglés)

Rebecca West (Autor) · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Tapa Blanda

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A masterwork of moral inquiry from one of the twentieth century’s greatest observers of power, guilt, and justice

In A Train of Powder, Rebecca West—one of the great literary journalists of the twentieth century—brings her crystalline intelligence and unsparing moral vision to some of the most contentious trials of the postwar era. Part reportage, part meditation on justice and guilt, this extraordinary book traces the tangled threads of law, history, and human frailty that define how we judge both individuals and nations.

Across four powerful accounts written between 1946 and 1954, West examines the Nuremberg war crimes trials with an unflinching eye, capturing the atmosphere of a world still raw from conflict and the fragile promise of accountability. She turns the lens, too, on a lynching trial in the American South and a notorious torso murder in England and follows the twists of an espionage case that reveals how fear and suspicion shape verdicts and lives alike.

With prose that fuses rigorous observation and psychological insight, A Train of Powder doesn’t just recount court proceedings, it interrogates the very foundations of justice, asking how we assign blame, reckon with atrocity, and try to make sense of what guilt means in a fractured world. These narratives stand as compelling reminders of the preciousness—and precariousness—of our rights, and of the human stories hidden in every headline.