Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
Albie Sachs
€ 25.84
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; JPVH; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
In 1988 after decades as an anti-apartheid activist and member of the ANC Albie Sachs lost his right arm and an eye when his car was blown up by South African security agents. He was already living in exile and had been imprisoned twice but as he recovered from his injuries he decided that he would write his way to recovery. The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter is his own moving and intimate account of his long recovery in a hospital and rehabilitation unit and ... Read more
In 1988 after decades as an anti-apartheid activist and member of the ANC Albie Sachs lost his right arm and an eye when his car was blown up by South African security agents. He was already living in exile and had been imprisoned twice but as he recovered from his injuries he decided that he would write his way to recovery. The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter is his own moving and intimate account of his long recovery in a hospital and rehabilitation unit and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780285640207
SKU
V9780285640207
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Albie Sachs
Albie Sachs first became involved in human rights activism in 1952 and was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in 1994. He was awarded the Alan Paton Award in 1991 for The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter.
Reviews for The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
That Sachs retains his humanity and his overwhelming desire to give his compatriots human rights is remarkable.
Jewish Chronicle
.
A highly personal and sensually explicit odyssey concerning his own damaged body at the same time as writing a book imbued with apparently undaunted idealism concerning his damaged mother-country South Africa.
Times Educational Supplement I've never ... Read more
Jewish Chronicle
.
A highly personal and sensually explicit odyssey concerning his own damaged body at the same time as writing a book imbued with apparently undaunted idealism concerning his damaged mother-country South Africa.
Times Educational Supplement I've never ... Read more