117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation under the South African 90-Day Detention Law - Brossura

First, Ruth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1844086305 ISBN 13: 9781844086306

Casa editrice: Virago, 2010

Riassunto

In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.'

117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion.

This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of the police state.

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Descrizione del libro:

A powerful and gripping personal account of imprisonment and interrogation by one of the key figures of the anti-apartheid movement.

L'autore:

Ruth First was a journalist and academic and, along with her husband Joe Slovo, strongly active in the anti-apartheid movement. She escaped South Africa in 1964. In 1982 she was working at a university in Mozambique. On the 17th August she opened a letter bomb addressed to her by the South African security police.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844086305
• ISBN 13: 9781844086306
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 193