117 Days - An Account of Confinement Interrogation under South African 90 Day

Informationen zum Autor 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. Her interests in politics and the struggle against apartheid are reflected in both novels, 117 Days and The Barrel of a Gun. In 1982, she was working at a university in Mozambique. She opened a letter bomb addressed to her by the South African security police which is where First was assassinated. Gillian Slovo (father Joe Slovo, mother Ruth First) was educated in Britain where she has spent all her adult life. Since Nelson Mandela's release she has made frequent visits to South Africa. She has written seven books. Klappentext A powerful and gripping personal account of imprisonment and interrogation by one of the key figures of the anti-apartheid movement. A powerful and gripping personal account of imprisonment and interrogation by one of the key figures of the anti-apartheid movement. Zusammenfassung A powerful and gripping personal account of imprisonment and interrogation by one of the key figures of the anti-apartheid movement.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth First
• Assisted by: Gillian Slovo (Introduction), Slovo Gillian (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2010
• EAN: 9781844086306
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-630-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; FICTION / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Prose: non-fiction, Diaries, letters & journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, True stories, HISTORY / General, Memoirs, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, True stories: general, Biography and non-fiction prose, Diaries, letters and journals