SNOWDEN
Book ID/图书代码： 12070015B80898
English Summary/英文概要： A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD SNOWDEN, WHISTLEBLOWER, FUGITIVE AND HERO
Delving into Snowden’s early life and work experience, graphic artist and political activist Ted Rall tells the story of his journey from computer professional to fugitive, and how that story affects us all.
As many as 1.4 million citizens with security clearance saw some or all of the same documents revealed by Edward Snowden. Why did he, and no one else, decide to step forward and take on the risks associated with becoming a whistleblower and then a fugitive? Rall delves into Snowden’s early life and work experience, his personality, and the larger issues of privacy, new surveillance technologies, and the recent history of government intrusion. Rall describes Snowden’s political vision and hopes for the future. In a way, the book tells two stories: Snowden’s and a larger one that describes all of us on the threshold of tremendous technological upheaval and political change.
Snowden is a portrait of a brave young man standing up to the most powerful government in the world and, if not winning, at least reaching a stand-off, and in this way is an incitation to us all to measure our courage and listen to our consciences in asking ourselves what we might have done in his shoes.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 多达1400万经过安全调查的居民或多或少的看到了爱德华•斯诺登所揭示的文件。他为何要这么做？为何再没有人愿意冒着成为告密者和逃亡之徒的风险，决定再向前迈进一步？罗尔深入探究了斯诺登的早年生活和工作经历，并研究分析了他的人物性格，隐私情况，新型监察技术以及政府近年来进行干涉的历史记录。罗尔对斯诺登的政治观点及其对未来的展望进行了描述。从某种角度来说，本书讲述了两个故事：斯诺登的故事，以及我们所有人即将面临的巨大的科技革命和政局动荡故事。斯诺登是一名典型的勇敢的年轻人，他向世界上最强有力的政府发起挑战，即便最终没有胜利，至少也保持了某种僵持，从该角度出发，他的行为是对我们所有人的一种鼓励与刺激，让我们鼓起勇气，听从自己内心的良知，扪心自问，我们又还能够继续在他开辟的道路上前进多远。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况："泰德•罗尔的这部《斯诺登》用极具戏剧性、启发性和易于接受的方式，讲述了本世纪最为重要的一系列故事---并且还是最具有预示性的一个，除非所有的市民们都能奋起反抗到处滥用的国家权力。”---诺亚姆•乔姆斯基
"Ted Rall’s Snowden is a dramatic, evocative, thoughtful and very accessible account of one of the most important stories of the century – and one of the most ominous, unless citizens are roused to action to rein in abusive state power." —Noam Chomsky
just sold the rights in Brazil to Martin Fontes Editora and also received an offer from Germany!
"Ted Rall’s Snowden is a dramatic, evocative, thoughtful and very accessible account of one of the most important stories of the century – and one of the most ominous, unless citizens are aroused to action to rein in abusive state power." —Noam Chomsky
Check out the mention of "Snowden" in today’s New York Times Daily Briefing!
• New books.
The award-winning political cartoonist Ted Rall tells the story of the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden in “Snowden,” an illustrated biography released today. (Earlier, we incorrectly called him Ted Ralls.)
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/nytnow/latest-news-market-mayhem-madden-curse-and-more.html?_r=0&referrer=
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/17/spx-2015-why-ted-rall-felt-compelled-to-tell-snowdens-cartoon-tale/
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/14fe1df347a08738?compose=14fe149b6028619b
Supertechie hero, or supertechie villain? The life and work of 32-year-old Edward Snowden command attention, whether one supports his mission to expose the U.S. National Security Agency’s omnivorous appetite for data or whether one considers him traitorous for doing so. Cartoonist/reporter Rall (To Afghanistan and Back) is clearly in the first camp, while providing background about both sides and posing questions of universal interest: How much espionage is too much? What groups should be targeted? What kinds of checks and balances should be imposed? And how should dissent about such things be managed? Rall crunches a large amount of information into his narrative, documented in 14 pages of source notes in a presentation that is easy to follow and fascinating. Cartoony, full-color art supports the text-heavy account partly with illustrations and partly with examples, diagrams, attributed quotations, screen images, document excerpts, photos, and headlines. Seven Stories plans a discussion guide. ¬VERDICT Written for adults but accessible to teens and sophisticated tweens, this work belongs in all libraries and will supply focus and background—if not unanimity—to everyone interested in government oversight issues.—M.C.
About the Author/作者介绍： 作为两次罗伯特•F肯尼迪新闻奖得主和一次普利策奖得主，泰德•罗尔，一名政治漫画家，专栏作家，插画小说家和临时战事记者，他的作品曾被刊登在上百种出版刊物上，其中包括《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《乡村之声》和《洛杉矶时报》等。作者还曾全权为克雷格•帕拉斯特所著的Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps的担任全篇幅插画师。
Format:全彩四色
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：After Germany and Brazil, the rights to SNOWDEN have just been sold to Modern Times!
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