Paris, Erna
LONG SHADOWS, Truth, Lies and History
: TorontoToronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2000, . . , , Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. Octavo--from 7?" to 9?" tall. A multi-award-winning author adds to her collection with this examination of "how nations reinvent themselves after cataclysmic events such as the Holocaust or genocidal war. She seeks out those in power, as well as the men and women struggling with the aftermath of repression. From a village on the banks of the Mississippi River to the hot green countryside of South Africa, or on a tense, frightening ride in the snow-covered mountains of Bosnia, she asks the questions: Who gets to decide what actually happened yesterday, then to propagate the tale? And how do people live with the consequences?" Among other things, Paris looks at slavery in the United States, apartheid in South Africa, Japan's unresolved WWII issues, French collaborators, and German Holocaust matters. Winner of the Non-Fiction Prize from the Pearson Writers' Trust, the CTV Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing, and the Dorothy Shoichet Prize (the National Jewish Book Awards) for History. This copy signed by author on title page. Navy cloth w/silver spine lettering, 495 pages (including Coda, Notes, Index). An unread copy.; . , , , .
$17.50
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