The Face of War (ePub)
Writings from the Frontline, 1937-85
(Sprache: Englisch)
Often cited as the best war reporter of the twentieth century, Martha Gellhorn began her career during the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was still reporting well into her 80s. This collection, selected by the author, plunges us back to Madrid in 1937, China...
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Often cited as the best war reporter of the twentieth century, Martha Gellhorn began her career during the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was still reporting well into her 80s. This collection, selected by the author, plunges us back to Madrid in 1937, China in 1941, Europe during the Second World War, Vietnam and the United States' dirty little wars in Central America. Immediate and surprising, it's a seat-of-your-pants experience just to read them, and brilliantly shows the real cost of war wherever it occurs. 'Memory and imagination, not nuclear weapons, are the first deterrent,' she writes. The Face of War gives us the chance to remember and imagine and to share her firsthand experience of the folly of mankind at war.
Autoren-Porträt von Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn (1908?98) published five novels, fourteen novellas and two collections of short stories. She wanted to be remembered as a novelist, yet to most people she is remembered as an outstanding war correspondent. She covered almost every major conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the American invasion of Panama in1989. For a woman it was completely ground-breaking work, and she took it on with an absolute commitment to the truth. 'All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people,' she said, explaining her paramount interest in war's civilian victims, the unseen casualties. She was one of the great war correspondents, one of the great witnesses, of the twentieth century. She was a woman of strong opinions and incredible energy. Though she turned down reporting on the Bosnian war in her 80s, saying she wasn't nimble enough, she flew to Brazil at the age of eighty-seven to research and write an article about the murder of street children. Touchtyping although she could barely see, she was driven by a compassion for the powerless and a curiosity undimmed by age.
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- Autor: Martha Gellhorn
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- 2016, 384 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Eland Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1780600852
- ISBN-13: 9781780600857
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2016
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