THE WORLD THAT WAS OURS
Book ID/图书代码: 06580013B64634
English Summary/英文概要: An extraordinary memoir that reads like a novel of the events before and after the 1964 Rivonia trial. Mandela was given a life sentence but the Bernsteins escaped to England.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这部现存的经典回忆录堪称一部经典的南非史,因为它被《观察家》报的安东尼•辛普森评述其优美地再现了那段历史岁月, ‘但,因为它是任何一个极权主义国家中所蕴藏的平常下的一种危险’。 《纽约时报》称这部激情四射的政治色彩回忆录是‘以日常家庭生活中的困境中充斥着活力、睿智的对话、节奏紧凑的冒险和有着小说一样的细节陈述’。 书中描述了曼德拉在1964年尼亚审判的终结, 希尔达•伯恩斯坦的丈夫被被无罪开释,但纳尔逊•曼德拉却被判终身监禁。这是一本引人入胜的回忆录,胶着着强烈的个人和政治时代特色。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况:"An engrossing and moving account of South Africa’s Rivonia trial." -- Sarah Crompton, The Daily Telegraph, August 18 2004
’Personal and gripping - a readable, fascinating and important account of a truly heroic struggle that ended in complete victory.’ -- Peter Hain The Guardian 16 October 2004
’There’s something appropriate about this book resurfacing. It is the loveliest of her works, about the ugliest of times.’ -- Albie Sachs The Independent 29 October 2004
About the Author/作者介绍: 希尔达•伯恩斯坦(Hilda Bernstein) (1915年5月15日- 2006 9月8日)是一位倡导女权主义的作者、艺术家和反对种族隔离社会活动家。生于伦敦的希尔达, 18岁时移民至南非,并积极地投身于当时的政治社会活动。 她在1941年3月与维权社会人士莱昂内尔“Rusty”伯恩斯坦成婚,夫妻二人在随后的南非反种族隔离活动中一同起着重要的作用。自1964年丈夫被豁免释放,曼德拉尼亚审判之后,当时政府的骚扰迫使他们出逃至博茨瓦纳,这段痛苦的经历铸就了她的这部传记的应运而生, 2009年这部传记由Persephone Books出版社重印发行。夫妇二人在英国驻留多年,而希尔达自己也进一步为自己在国际上确立了知名地位。 1994年南非维权人士纳尔逊•曼德拉当选南非总统,她与丈夫再度返回到了南非。 希尔达在南非的开普顿去世,享年91岁。Hilda Bernstein (1915-2006) met and married Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein in South Africa; they had four children. She was elected as a communist on the Johannesburg City Council; worked as a journalist; and helped found the Federation of South African Women. Hilda and Rusty escaped from South Africa to London in 1964 and remained there for the rest of their lives.
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