There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America - Couverture souple

Kotlowitz, Alex

 
9780385265263: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
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ISBN 10 : 0385265263 ISBN 13 : 9780385265263
Editeur : Doubleday, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Kotlowitz Alex

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Biographie de l'auteur

Alex Kotlowitz is the author of the national bestseller There Are No Children Here, which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His second book, The Other Side of the River, was awarded the Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction. For his documentary film, The Interrupters, he received an Emmy and a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. Kotlowitz’s work, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and on public radio’s This American Life, has been honored with two Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia University awards, and a George Polk Award. He is a writer in residence at Northwestern University. Kotlowitz lives with his wife, Maria Woltjen, and their two children, Mattie and Lucas, just outside of Chicago.

Revue de presse

"An extraordinary glimpse into the lives of those struggling for survival and dignity in inner-city America."—Chicago Sun-Times

"Alex Kotlowitz’s story informs the heart. His meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape."—The New York Times

"Alex Kotlowitz  joins the ranks of the important few writers on the  subiect of urban poverty."—Chicago Tribune

"Kotlowitz has achieved a triumph of empathy as well as a significant feat of reporting."—Los Angeles Times

"A powerful argument against the politics of inertia, hopelessness, and greed, and for a real war on poverty, violence, and racism in our country."—Tracy Kidder, author of Among the Schoolchildren

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Éditeur
Doubleday
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0385265263
ISBN 13 
9780385265263
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
324
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780385265560: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0385265565 ISBN 13 :  9780385265560
Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992
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