A hardback reissue of the essays of a lifetime from America's greatest living playwright: 'Like the varying depth of a lens, the mind bends the light passing through it quite differently according to age' (Arthur Miller)This superb volume gathers together fifty essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time. Arranged chronologically, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history: the Nazi war crimes trials, Vietnam, Watergate, the Balkan conflict and even President Clinton's infamous liaison with Monica Lewinsky. With characteristic passion, Miller writes incisive discourses on censorship and the death penalty as well as Swiftian satire on the McCarthy witch-hunts, records his meeting with Nelson Mandela and assesses the lasting impact of the Depression on an American generation. Yet here also is Miller in meditative and even playful mood, evoking the subtle pleasures of gardening, or remembering the Brooklyn full of characters and practical jokers where he grew up, or wryly recounting the Mafia kidnap experience that never was.
"Like the varying depth of a lens, the mind bends the light passing through it quite differently according to age" (Arthur Miller)<br><br>A humane, wise and powerful commentary on our age, Echoes Down the Corridor is also a record of the private man - as well as the playwright, poet and philosopher - who has created some of the most abiding dramatic and literary masterpieces in the English language.