Then the Walls Came Down: A Prison Journal - Brossura

Morrison, Danny

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1856352773 ISBN 13: 9781856352772

Casa editrice: Mercier Pr Ltd, 1999

Riassunto

In the 1980s Danny Morrison was national publicity director for Sinn Fein. It was he who coined the phrase `the armalite and the ballot box' to describe the republican strategy of simultaneously waging armed struggle and engaging in electoral politics. But Morrison, in his own words a 'reluctant but enthusiastic' activist, had always wanted to be a writer. When, in 1990, he was imprisoned in Crumlin Road Jail, charged with conspiracy to murder, kidnapping and IRA membership, he began to reflect on his own life, critically appraise the balance of forces in the Northern conflict and consider a way out of the political impasse. He also began to develop his own ideas about writing and the creative process.
In a series of letters to his partner, to friends and to comrades - letters both open and smuggled - he describes the effect of imprisonment on himself and his fellow republicans. These letters are candid, sometimes deeply personal and often wryly humorous; they add up to a testimony to the variety of human experience under adverse conditions.

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Book by Danny Morrison

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• Editore: Mercier Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1856352773
• ISBN 13: 9781856352772
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 318