The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International

The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International Reportage
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For the past fifty years, The New York Review of Books has covered virtually every international revolution and movement of consequence by dispatching the worldâ€™s most brilliant writers to write eyewitness accounts. The New York Review Abroad not only brings together twenty-eight of the most riveting of these pieces but includes epilogues that update and reassess the political situation (by either the original authors or by Ian Buruma). Among the pieces included are:
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â€¢ Susan Sontagâ€™s personal narrative of staging Waiting for Godot in war-torn Sarajevo
â€¢ Alma Guillermoprietoâ€™s report from inside Colombiaâ€™s guerrilla headquarters and her disturbing encounter with young female fighters
â€¢ Ryszard Kapuscinskiâ€™s terrifying description of being set on fire while running roadblocks in Nigeria
â€¢ Caroline Blackwoodâ€™s coverage of the 1979 gravediggersâ€™ strike in Liverpoolâ€”a noir mini-masterpiece
â€¢ Timothy Garton Ashâ€™s minute-by-minute account from the Magic Lantern theater in Prague in 1989, where the subterranean stage, auditorium, foyers, and dressing rooms had become the headquarters of the revolution

Among other writers whose New York Review pieces will be included are Tim Judah, Amos Elon, Joan Didion, William Shawcross, Christopher de Bellaigue, and Mark Danner.
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A tour de force of vivid and enlightening writing from the front lines, this volume is indeed the first rough draft of the history of the past fifty years.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer New York Review Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 609522
ReleaseDate 2013-06-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590176313

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	New York Review Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	609522
ReleaseDate	2013-06-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590176313

The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International Reportage