"Reminiscent of a sabre-toothed, unexpurgated Dickens" (Robert Carver New Statesman)
"A moving account of the abuse of human rights in Australia, all the more valuable because it is written by an Australian writer" (Graham Greene)
"Pilger is a first-rate dissident journalist... Presents a harsh narrative of class, race and power; of the oppression and resistance, the betrayal and amnesia, that lie behind the sunny illustions of the Australian self-image" (Robert Hughes)
"This is a patriotic book in the best sense, written in the belief that Australia deserves not old bromides and stereotypes, but the respect of critical appraisal... A necessary book for those of us who believe in the redeeming power of truth" (Daily Telegraph)
"Pilger's Australia is so different from the image conveyed abroad by films and TV soap operas, so different indeed from the way many Australians see themselves, as to be another country...but none of it alters one starkly apparent fact - he still loves the place." (Sunday Express)
John Pilger grew up in Sydney, Australia. He has been a war correspondent, author and film-maker. He has twice won British journalism's highest award, that of Journalist of the Year, for his work all over the world, notably in Cambodia and Vietnam. He has been International Reporter of the Year and winner of the United Nations Associated Peace Prize and Gold Medal. For his broadcasting, he has won France's Reporter Sans Frontières, an American television Academy Award, an Emmy, and the Richard Dimbleby Award, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
In 2003, he received the Sophie Prize for 'thirty years of exposing deception and improving human rights'.
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 56598680-20
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Large Print Edn. Spine faded, blending to boards. Ex lib label to foot of spine. Cover photo of Ayers Rock. One or two slight marks. Corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped. Illustrated half title. Some light thumbing otherwise CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. 508 pp. The author 'goes beyond the stereotypic misconceptions to reveal the often unknown past, and the present political subterfuge of his native land.; 003112; Ex-Library Minimal Marks; 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur 003112
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)