Conversations With Myself - Hardcover

Nelson Mandela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230749011 ISBN 13: 9780230749016

Publisher: Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Published In 2010 : 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing : Full Printing Numbers Listed , 1 - 9 : Macmillan Publishing : This Is A Very Heavy Book At Over 1.2 Kilos : Overall , A Very Nice Copy :

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Review:

'The book is intensely moving, raw and unmediated... mixing the prosaic with the momentous' --Peter Godwin, Observer

'Gathered from letters and bits of Mandela's unpublished autobiography, this book offers fresh and moving insights into the man behind the symbol...' --R W Johnson, Sunday Times Culture Magazine

'The documents present a remarkably candid picture of the former ANC leader... [and] the book also reveals flashes of Mr Mandela's mischievous humour. While being treated in hospital for tuberculosis, he was presented with a breakfast of bacon and eggs which a guard warned him was contrary to the order from his doctor to eat a cholesterol-free diet. The now 92-year-old freedom fighter replied: "Today, I am prepared to die; I am going to eat it."' --Independent

'Even at this distance in time, it is painful to read the prison diaries and letters that so starkly reveal Mandela's depths of loneliness and isolation ... Mandela's toughness, patience and epic capacity for forgiveness and conciliation all shine through in this collection.' --Daily Mail Review

'An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanising role on the world stage, offering a rare chance to spend time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own voice - direct, clear, private.' --Oxford Times

'I found myself drawn into this well-organised and annotated compilation of personal files, correspondence, prison notes... this collection reveals the man for what he is: extraordinarily self-disciplined and with a capacity to forgive his persecutors.' --Daily Telegraph

'Many of Mandela's letters to Winnie, his children and friends were intercepted and kept by the prison authorities. Here we read them for the first time, and they are very poignant and personal... Above all, it is an absorbing read both for ardent Mandelaphiles or the uninitiated alike.' --The Independent

'The picture that emerges is of a man who has borne his burdens with immense dignity...maintains a need for respect and doesn't like to put his deepest emotions on display - although some of his letters from prison to then-wife Winnie are heartbreaking.' --Metro

'This book will reduce the reader to both rapture and tears... deeply moving' --FT Weekend Life and Arts

'When a hero of our times opens his private archives of diaries, notebooks, letters, lists, doodles and conversations, the world is bound to be intrigued. This book does not disappoint.' --New Internationalist

Book Description:

Nelson Mandela's book Conversations With Myself is an unprecedented and official portrait of one of the great leaders of our time, with a foreword by President Barack Obama

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230749011
• ISBN 13: 9780230749016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480