Conscience Be My Guide: An Anthology of Prison WritingsGeoffrey Bould Bloomsbury Academic, 1991 - 262 sidor 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 Throeau. There are moving accounts from victims of the Holocaust, Soviet labor camps and psychiatric prisons, nuclear protestors, civil rights and anti-apartheid activists, anti-colonial nationalists and targets of religious persecution throughout history. |
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... hear the singing of those who were condemned to death , like the murmuring of the sea . Two weeks beforehand they were notified , and then they sang in a different strain , you could hear it . They sang in a kind of ecstasy , to benumb ...
... hear the singing of those who were condemned to death , like the murmuring of the sea . Two weeks beforehand they were notified , and then they sang in a different strain , you could hear it . They sang in a kind of ecstasy , to benumb ...
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... hear the delicate whirr of the steel cable . I feel its vibrations and the grinding of the wheels on the supports of the ski lift as up I go . I look round for a minute hearing you shouting each other down to draw my attention . ' Look ...
... hear the delicate whirr of the steel cable . I feel its vibrations and the grinding of the wheels on the supports of the ski lift as up I go . I look round for a minute hearing you shouting each other down to draw my attention . ' Look ...
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... hear him groan as he went past our block . The corporal was swearing and ordering this one - time officer to strip . But the prisoner would talk back and the corporal started slapping and hitting him ( we could hear the sounds ) . The ...
... hear him groan as he went past our block . The corporal was swearing and ordering this one - time officer to strip . But the prisoner would talk back and the corporal started slapping and hitting him ( we could hear the sounds ) . The ...
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Amnesty International arrested asked Auschwitz became believe Belzec blindfolded body born bread called cell Christian Communist concentration camp conscientious objectors court dear death detained detention door Esperanto eyes face faith father fear feel feet Fellowship of Reconciliation felt Franz Jägerstätter freedom friends German Gestapo give Goli Otok ground guards handcuffs hands head hear heard heart hope human imprisoned Index on Censorship interrogation jail knew later letter live look Lord mind months morning never night No-Conscription Fellowship objectors one's pain peace person police political pray prayer priest prisoner of conscience punishment refused released remember sentenced soldiers solitary confinement someone soul South African spirit Stara Gradiska struggle suffering survive talk tell thing thought told took torture tried Venko Markovski voice walk wall words write wrote