The Fear

Godwin, Peter

ISBN 10: 031605187X / ISBN 13: 9780316051873

Editore: Back Bay Books, 2011

Codice articolo 031605187X-4-36139978

Riassunto:

<div>Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, he's fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland. <br><br> Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the country's dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabe's tenure has left Zimbabwe with the world's highest rate of inflation and the shortest life span. Instead of conceding power, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign of terror against his own citizens. With foreign correspondents banned, and he himself there illegally, Godwin was one of the few observers to bear witness to this period the locals call The Fear. He saw torture bases and the burning villages but was most awed as an observer of not only simple acts of kindness but also churchmen and diplomats putting their own lives on the line to try to stop the carnage. <br><br><i>The Fear</i> is a book about the astonishing courage and resilience of a people, armed with nothing but a desire to be free, who challenged a violent dictatorship. It is also the deeply personal and ultimately uplifting story of a man trying to make sense of the country he can't recognize as home.</div>

Informazioni sugli autori: <div><b>Peter Godwin</b> is the award-winning author of <i>When a Crocodile Eats the Sun</i> and <i>Mukiwa</i>. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and became a foreign correspondent, reporting from more than 60 countries. Since moving to Manhattan, he has written for <i>National Geographic</i>, the <i>New York Times Magazine</i>, and <i>Vanity Fair</i>. He has taught at Princeton and Columbia and received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2010.</div>

Peter Godwin is the award-winning author of When a Crocodile Eats the Sun and Mukiwa. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and became a foreign correspondent, reporting from more than 60 countries. Since moving to Manhattan, he has written for National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair. He has taught at Princeton and Columbia, and in 2010 received a Guggenheim fellowship.

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Titolo: The Fear
Casa editrice: Back Bay Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Fair