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Conscience Be My Guide: An Anthology of Prison Writings

Conscience Be My Guide: An Anthology of Prison Writings


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This remarkable collection of prison literature inspires with the eloquent idealism of prisoners of conscience through the ages. The contributors include many of the world‘s finest writers: Wole Soyinka, Primo Levi, Irina Ratushinskaya, Fydor Dostoyevsky, Henry Thoreau. There are moving accounts from victims of the Holocaust, Soviet labour camps and psychiatric prisons, nuclear protestors, civil rights and anti-apartheid activists, anti-colonial nationalists and targets of religious persecution throughout history.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Editor's Note and Acknowledgements 1. Creativity 2. Defiance 3. Endurance 4. Facing Death 5. Faith 6. Family 7. Forgiveness 8. Freedom 9. Guards 10. A Higher Duty 11. Hope 12. Loyalty 13. Memories 14. Prison Conditions 15. Selflessness 16. Suffering 17. Torture

About the Author :
Geoffrey Bould was born in Yorkshire in 1920. After service in World War II, he worked in the civil service until his retirement in 1982. In addition to working as a freelance journalist, he established and edited for several years the ecumenical newspaper Interfaith News. An active Quaker, Geoffrey Bould has been a member of Amnesty International's Religious Affairs Panel. Geoffrey Bould was born in Yorkshire in 1920. After service in World War II, he worked in the civil service until his retirement in 1982. In addition to working as a freelance journalist, he established and edited for several years the ecumenical newspaper Interfaith News. An active Quaker, Geoffrey Bould has been a member of Amnesty International's Religious Affairs Panel.

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The selection of writings is extraordinarily wide in all senses; historically and geographically, but also in terms of the kinds of people imprisoned. Concentration camp prisoners, nuclear weapons protesters, anti-apartheid activists, inmates of Soviet labor camps, targets of religious and political persecution Geoffrey Bould has compiled an essential document with great feeling. We live in a world of broken human relations where injustice is experienced daily. This anthology provides a moving testimony to the unbroken spirit of prisoners who can rely on their conscience. Nelson Mandela, the best-known political prisoner of his time, once remarked that the way a society treats its prisoners, especially political prisoners, is the test of that society's conscience. The remarkable testimonies in this collection prove his point with devastating clarity. These voices from the inside tell us as much about the outside as our consciences dare to hear. A valuable collection.... As we keep prisoners of conscience at the forefront of our minds, we help thwart the captors who would have us forget them. In a world seeming to grow darker every week, this lovely book is witness to the light that cannot be extinguished.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781842776759
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 1842776754
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: An Anthology of Prison Writings


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