The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand recommended the theater of Peter Brook

the theater of Peter Brook

The Washington Post

Its impressive scope and lasting insights have made it a foundational text in Russian studies

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The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand recommended the theater of Peter BrookShortlisted for the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense economic and political, artistic and personal. In The Free World the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning scholar and critic Louis Menand tells the story of American culture in the pivotal years from the end of World War II to Vietnam and stresses the rich