June 1959 Issue [Article] Notes from Eastern Europe Download PDF Adjust Share by George Steiner, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1945- 1945-1989 1945-1992 20th century Czechoslovakia Defenses Europe, Eastern Foreign public opinion, Czech Foreign public opinion, Polish Germany Poland Politics and government Public opinion Social conditions More from George Steiner Russia and Red China For the past six years the largest country in the world—with a quarter of the earth’s population—has been a blank space on the map of American foreign policy. For many… Destroyer of Words From an interview with the philosopher George Steiner that was conducted in 2014 by Laure Adler, a journalist. The interview appears in A Long Saturday, which will be published in… Lust in translation Adjust Share