joarholtter's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
caseyreaderson's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't finish this book but I'm rating it five stars. Don't ask! I read more than 400 pages of this ~550 page paperweight.
Emma Goldman is a pure force of human good that we should all strive to embody more on a day-to-day basis.
Emma Goldman is a pure force of human good that we should all strive to embody more on a day-to-day basis.
miewll's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Emma Goldman definitely lived a turbulent life! I read her texts while studying the anarchism movement, so I naturally wanted to learn more about her. It was my first time reading an autobiography (maybe a bit ambitious considering it has more than 1100 pages in the french version i own) but i did not regret it because it was so fascinating. The part where she covers the rise of the dictatorship in Russia following the October revolution, from an anarchist (and russian) point of view was really interesting.
abbeyjfox's review against another edition
5.0
Utterly awesome.
An excellent text on anarcharism and goldman herself. MUST READ.
An excellent text on anarcharism and goldman herself. MUST READ.
lareine27's review against another edition
This book was recommended by a professor as research for a writing project. I got about halfway through; it wasn't really relevant to my project and there were other things I'd rather be reading.
randipity's review against another edition
5.0
A very inspiring work by the anarchist-communist. Goldman tirelessly committed herself to the Cause and her beautiful ideal. She lived to motivate the masses and teach workers of the more sustainable and just alternative of anarchism. Her autobiography begins by giving insight into the injustices of being an immigrant, and throughout the book, the reader learns a first-person account of all of the movement's major demonstrations and events of the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States. Her deportation brings her to the home of the October Revolution, where she learns the truth behind the Bolshevik's deemed workers republic. Not just a work of her political activity, Goldman includes the reader in her most intimate moments, from her relationships with the men she loved to her bonds with her closest family members, this autobiography illustrates that one devoted to activism still has many similarities to one who isn't.