Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie (eBook)

Rachel Corrie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
256 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-28520-8 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A testament to how deeply we need the power and vision and energy of young women to transform the world."e;--Eve EnslerRachel Corrie's determination to make a better, more peaceful world took her from Olympia, Washington, to the Middle East, where she died in 2003 as she tried to block the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in the Gaza Strip. A twenty-three-year-old American activist, Corrie also possessed a striking gift for poetry, writing, and drawing. Let Me Stand Alone, a selection of her journals, letters, and drawings as chosen by her family, reveals her story in her own hand, from her precocious reflections as a young girl to her final emails. Corrie's words--whether writing about the looming issues of our time or the ordinary angst of an American teen--bring to life all that it means to come of age: a dawning sense of self, a thirst for one's own ideals, and an evolving connection to others, near and far.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 35 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-393-28520-0 / 0393285200
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-28520-8 / 9780393285208