To Sir With Love

Braithwaite, E. R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099483696 ISBN 13: 9780099483694

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2005

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS

In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instill discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.

Recensione:

"A book that the reader devours quickly, ponders slowly, and forgets not at all-Moving and inspiring" (New York Times)

"E.R. Braithwaite's postwar novel about a black teacher fighting to win the respect of white pupils in a school in the East End of London is a milestone in the campaign for racial equality" (Guardian)

"It is the noblest, most moving, least sentimental account of life in a modern school and of a teacher's struggles with his pupils and with himself that I have come across" (Michael Croft Observer)

Descrizione del libro:

The inspirational story of one man overcoming prejudice in a tough East End school