The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg

""One cannot read the writings of Rosa Luxemburg, even at this distance, without an acute yet mournful awareness of what Perry Anderson once termed 'the history of possibility.'" - Christopher Hitchens, Atlantic "She emerges as one of the most emotionally intelligent socialists in modern history, a radical of luminous dimension whose intellect is informed by sensibility, and whose largeness of spirit places her in the company of the truly impressive." - Vivian Gornick, Nation "George Shriver's new translation of The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg is the most comprehensive collection of her correspondence yet to appear in English. It transports us directly into the private world of a woman who has never lost her inspirational power as an original thinker and courageous activist - [and] reveals that the woman behind the mythic figure was also a compassionate, teasing, witty human being." - Sheila Rowbotham, Guardian