117 Days
An Account of Confinement and Interrogation under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
$33.34
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2011
Summary
In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.
117 Days is Ruth First’s personal account of her detention under the iniquitous ‘90-day’ law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion.
This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844086306 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844086305 |
| Author: | Ruth First, Gillian Slovo |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 135mm x 200mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
[Ruth First’s] life, and her death, remains a beacon to all who love liberty – Nelson Mandela
Ruth First
Ruth First was a journalist and academic who, along with her husband Joe Slovo, was strongly active in the anti-apartheid movement. She escaped South Africa in 1964. In 1982, she was working at a university in Mozambique. On August 17th, she opened a letter bomb addressed to her by the South African security police.
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