And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic - Brossura

Randy Shilts

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ISBN 10: 0285640194 ISBN 13: 9780285640191

Casa editrice: Souvenir Press Ltd, 2011

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Extensively researched (Shilts interviewed over 1,000 people), weaving together personal stories with political and social reporting And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of investigative reporting (comparable to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood) and it led to Shilts being described as "the pre-eminent chronicler of gay life" ('The New York Times'). And the Band Played On was awarded the Stonewall Book Award, it became an international bestseller (translated into 7 languages) and was made into a major movie in 1993 starring Richard Gere and Ian McKellen. Randy Shilts exposed why AIDS was allowed to spread while the medical and political authorities ignored (and even denied) the threat. And the Band Played On is one of the great works of contemporary journalism, and provides the foundation for the continuing debate about the greatest medical epidemic faced in our time.

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The pre-eminent chronicler of gay life. --The New York Times

Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote s IN COLD BLOOD. --The Boston Globe

A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history. --New York Times

Descrizione del libro:

In 1981, the year when AIDS came to international attention, Randy Shilts was employed by 'The San Francisco Chronicle' as the first openly gay journalist dealing with gay issues. He quickly devoted himself to reporting on the developing epidemic, trying to understand the cultural, medical and political impact of the disease on the gay community and United States society as a whole.

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• Editore: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0285640194
• ISBN 13: 9780285640191
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 656