Even Silence Has an End

Informationen zum Autor Ingrid Betancourt lived in France and New Zealand before returning to Colombia to campaign for the presidency, when she was kidnapped. Klappentext Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world's imagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate of fear endemic in Colombia, in 2002 she was taken hostage by FARC, a terrorist guerrilla organisation. She was held captive in the depths of the jungle for six and a half years, chained day and night for much of that time, constantly on the move and enduring gruelling conditions. She was freed and reunited with her children and relatives in 2008. It is Betancourt's indomitable spirit that drives this important and deeply moving book, telling in her own words the extraordinary drama of her capture and eventual rescue, and describes her fight to survive, mentally and physically. As she confronts the horror of what she went through, her story also goes beyond the specifics of her own confinement to offer an intensely intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate reflection on what it means to be human. Vorwort * Ingrid Betancourt's astonishing, powerful and deeply moving account of her six-year ordeal in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the terrorist organisation FARC Zusammenfassung * Ingrid Betancourt's astonishing, powerful and deeply moving account of her six-year ordeal in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the terrorist organisation FARC

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ingrid Betancourt, Betancourt Ingrid
• Editore: Virago Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781844086139
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-613-9
• Pagine: 608
• Dimensioni: 131 mm x 196 mm x 29 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Entführung : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Kolumbien : Politik, Zeitgeschichte, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Colombia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Central / national / federal government policies, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Central government policies