The Question

The Question

Henri Allegâ€™s candid account of how the French Army brutally tortured him in Algeria first appeared in 1958. Although quickly banned by the French government, it was widely read and remains a classic and powerful indictment of torture.

â€œThe lesson of this book... is that we are all on the edge of savagery and if we begin to slip over that edge, we fall fast and far.â€ â€” D. W. Brogan, The New York Times

â€œWritten with spare and simple candor, the book is much more than a scalding footnote to fever-hot headlines. The Question does not stop with the Algerian question but goes on to ask: What does it mean to be a human being? It tells of the shame and glory of man.â€ â€” Time

â€œIn his modest, unassuming and precise fashion, Alleg is describing a triumph of the human spirit... The importance of Allegâ€™s book extends far beyond Algeria and France. For this is what can happen anywhere; what does happen in many parts of the world and what could happen here. There is nothing â€˜inhumanâ€™ about it. It is too, too human. To hush it up, to deny it for any reason whatever is to be an accomplice of the torturers...â€ â€” Scotsman

â€œ[A] noble and in a sense ennobling book, the dominant impression it leaves is one of a progressive and finally an almost total degradation, a degradation both of persons â€” except for the tortured, the outlawed â€” and of social institutions. The Question is far more than an account of atrocities, however spectacular.â€ â€” The Nation

Country	USA
Author	Henri Alleg
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Plunkett Lake Press
Manufacturer	Plunkett Lake Press
NumberOfPages	74
PublicationDate	2013-12-15
Publisher	Plunkett Lake Press
ReleaseDate	2013-12-15
Studio	Plunkett Lake Press

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