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My Name is Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie
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Description for My Name is Rachel Corrie
Paperback. Why did a 23-year-old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home? This book tells the story of Rachel Corrie's short life and sudden death from the words she left behind. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist, adapted from her own writings.
Why did a 23-year old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between an Israeli army bulldozer and a Palestinian home in the Gaza strip?
Compiled from her letters, diaries and emails by Alan Rickman and Guardian journalist Katharine Viner, My Name is Rachel Corrie recounts, in her own words, her short life and sudden death.
My Name is Rachel Corrie was first performed by Megan Dodds at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2005, winning Best ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599469
SKU
V9781854599469
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99-5
About Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) was an American college student who joined other foreign nationals working for the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza in January 2003, where she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while protesting. Alan Rickman was an English actor and director known for playing a variety of roles on stage and on screen. He trained at the ... Read more
Reviews for My Name is Rachel Corrie
'Funny, passionate, bristling with idealism and luminously intelligent, Corrie emerges as a bona fide hero for this brutalised world of ours'
Time Out
'A deeply moving personal testimony... Theatre can't change the world. But what it can do, when it's as good as this, is to send us out enriched by other people's passionate concern'
Guardian
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Time Out
'A deeply moving personal testimony... Theatre can't change the world. But what it can do, when it's as good as this, is to send us out enriched by other people's passionate concern'
Guardian
... Read more