From the Republic of Conscience: Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Sean Love

ISBN 10: 1905483732 / ISBN 13: 9781905483730

Published by Liberties Press Ltd, 2015

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2009. hardcover. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Republic of Conscience: Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Publisher: Liberties Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905483732
• ISBN 13: 9781905483730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Liberties Press are delighted to announce the launch of the first bound collection of stories and essays by renowned Irish authors originally published to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Writers include Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, John Boyne, Colm Tóibín, Jennifer Johnston, Maeve Binchy, Joseph O'Connor, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, and Kevin Barry. The book is dedicated to the memory of Frank McCourt who contributed one of the essays in the book. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was created in 1948 as a direct response to the inhumanity suffered worldwide throughout, and following, World War Two. To mark the UDHR's 60th anniversary in 2008, Seán Love, who was executive director of Amnesty International (Ireland) at the time, and author Roddy Doyle decided to celebrate the declaration, telling the story of human rights to a new generation in a unique and compelling way. Each author took a different topic for each of the articles in the UDHR tackling the varied subjects of fair trials, prison, torture, war, refugees, but also, education, poverty, health, leisure, employment, and housing. The book, which features an introduction by Seamus Heaney, is a special commemoration of the work of the UDHR and Amnesty International. In a modern twist, it also features a special 'additional article'; by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly adding to the contemporary worth of this collection. Several visual artists such as Robert Ballagh, Vivienne Roche, Amelia Stein and Jim Fitzpatrick have contributed images to accompany some of the essays, while the cover features a piece by Louis le Brocquy, created especially for Amnesty.

About the Author

About the Creators: Roddy Doyle is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and dramatist; in 1993 he won the Man Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha. Roddy's work has also been serialised for Ireland's multi-cultural weekly Metro Éireann. Seán Love was executive director of Amnesty International (Ireland) from 2001-2008. During that time he was also a founding director of Amnesty Education and Art for Amnesty. Since February 2008, he has been executive director of Fighting Words, a new creative writing centre established in Dublin by Roddy Doyle and Seán.