Features

Tony Judt: Ill Fares the Land; and Tony Judt: The Memory Chalet

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Author: Bruce Grant

by Bruce Grant •

March 2011, no. 329

Features

Tony Judt: Ill Fares the Land; and Tony Judt: The Memory Chalet

by Bruce Grant •

March 2011, no. 329

Offerings and jeremiads from the stoic Tony Judt

Bruce Grant

Ill Fares the Land
by Tony Judt
Allen Lane, $29.95 pb, 238 pp, 9781846143908

The Memory Chalet
by Tony Judt
William Heinemann, $45 hb, 240 pp, 9780434020966

These two books were written in the last stages of a fatal illness. What is remarkable about them is their poise. They show no signs of anguish, anger, or remorse. They remind us of the discipline of a trained and responsible mind, nimble and true to its calling until the end.

Bruce Grant

In an active public life as foreign correspondent, columnist, academic, and diplomat, Bruce Grant has also written ten works of non-fiction, three novels, essays and many short stories. His first book Indonesia became a classic. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, foundation chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, chairman of the Australian Dance Theatre, chairman of the Victorian Premier’s literary awards, and president of Melbourne’s International Arts Festival.