My sympathy, and my praise for your courage and resilience.
Mentioning Simon Leys, the father of your stalwart friend, took me back. I was involved in the intellectual struggle against Communism on campus as a student. Maoism was chic with revolutionary poseurs, and Leys' book "Chinese Shadows" provided major support for my arguments and …
My sympathy, and my praise for your courage and resilience.
Mentioning Simon Leys, the father of your stalwart friend, took me back. I was involved in the intellectual struggle against Communism on campus as a student. Maoism was chic with revolutionary poseurs, and Leys' book "Chinese Shadows" provided major support for my arguments and polemics.
Leftist academics and pressmen, especially in France, blasted Leys mercilessly at the time of his book. It seems like fortitude runs in the Ryckmans family.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and recollections, Terry. I passed your message onto my friend Jeanne (Ley’s daughter) and she was extremely touched. Fortitude absolutely runs in that family!
My sympathy, and my praise for your courage and resilience.
Mentioning Simon Leys, the father of your stalwart friend, took me back. I was involved in the intellectual struggle against Communism on campus as a student. Maoism was chic with revolutionary poseurs, and Leys' book "Chinese Shadows" provided major support for my arguments and polemics.
Leftist academics and pressmen, especially in France, blasted Leys mercilessly at the time of his book. It seems like fortitude runs in the Ryckmans family.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and recollections, Terry. I passed your message onto my friend Jeanne (Ley’s daughter) and she was extremely touched. Fortitude absolutely runs in that family!