Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - Couverture souple

Cain, Kenneth Postlewait

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091901642 ISBN 13 : 9780091901646

Editeur : Ebury Press, 2005

Synopsis

In the early 1990s three young people attracted to the ambitious global peacekeeping work of the UN cross paths in Cambodia. Andrew strives for a better world through his life-saving work as a doctor. Heidi, a social worker, is in need of a challenge and a paycheck, and Ken is fresh from Harvard and brimful of idealism. As their stories interweave through the years, from Rwanda, Bosnia and Somalia to Haiti, the trio reveal a world of witnessed atrocities, primal fear, desperate loneliness and base desires. They fend off terror and futility with revelry, humour and sex; ask hard questions about the world order America has created, the true power of the UN, and whether there is any possibility for change. This is a startling celebration of the power of humour and friendship, of the limits of human compassion, and the need for a warm body and a cold beer during a Condition Echo lockdown. A book that shows the human cost of global politics and the tragic truth that wars are much more avoidable than our governments would ever admit. A brilliant, provocatively funny and fast moving book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain & Andrew Thomson served in peacekeeping operations through the 90s. All are now based in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ebury Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091901642
• ISBN 13: 9780091901646
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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