Bücher online kaufen
The Mauritanian
13,00 €* Print PDF
Alle Preise inkl. MwSt.
| zzgl. Versand
Artikel-Nr:
9781838854171
Veröffentl:
2021
Einband:
Print PDF
Seiten:
464
Autor:
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Gewicht:
322 g
Format:
203x157x29 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Slahi, Mohamedou OuldMohamedou Ould Slahi was born in Mauritania in 1970. He earned a scholarship to study engineering in Germany when he was 18, and lived and worked in Germany and briefly in Canada before returning to Mauritania in 2000. He has been detained in Guantánamo Bay since August 2002.Siems, LarryLarry Siems directed the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center, where he led PEN's ongoing efforts to defend writers facing persecution around the world and protect freedom of expression in the US. He left at the end of 2013 to concentrate on editing Slahi's memoir. He is the author of The Torture Reportand is a poet and non-fiction writer.
Previously published as Guantánamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture
The first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay in 2002.
There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual assault.
In October 2016 he was released without charge.
This is his extraordinary story, as inspiring as it is enraging.