To Sir, With Love - Couverture rigide

Braithwaite, E. R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0435121480 ISBN 13 : 9780435121488

Editeur : Heinemann, 1971

Synopsis

When a woman refuses to sit next to him on the bus, Rick Braithwaite is saddened by her prejudice. In cosmopolitan London, he had hoped for a more enlightened attitude.

When he begins his first teaching job in a tough East End school, the reactions are the same. Slowly and painfully, some of the barriers are broken down, but his story is still very relevant today.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS

'A book that the reader devours quickly, ponders slowly, and forgets not at all. Moving and inspiring' New York Times

In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instill discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.

Revue de presse

"A book that the reader devours quickly, ponders slowly, and forgets not at all-Moving and inspiring" ( New York Times)

"E.R. Braithwaite's postwar novel about a black teacher fighting to win the respect of white pupils in a school in the East End of London is a milestone in the campaign for racial equality" ( Guardian)

"It is the noblest, most moving, least sentimental account of life in a modern school and of a teacher's struggles with his pupils and with himself that I have come across" (Michael Croft Observer)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Heinemann
• Date d'édition: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0435121480
• ISBN 13: 9780435121488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible