self-sacrifice
The tragedy of a life not lived: Slanting Towards the Sea, by Lidija Hilje reviewed
The story of a doomed love affair in turn-of-the-millennium Croatia aches from the start. But more haunting still are the missed opportunities that result from it
The troublesome idealism of Simone Weil
Hailed as ‘an uncompromising witness to the modern travails of the spirit’ , Weil also exasperated those closest to her with her ambitions for heroic self-denial
