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A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa

 
9781433291562: A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa
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"South Africa's tragic apartheid history is vividly recounted...Lapierre has a knack for bringing history alive...[He] has a good story to tell, and he is adept at infusing it with drama aplenty...Lapierre has dug wide and deep."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Lapierre takes a cinematic approach to history, adorning key events with narrative reconstructions and liberal swathes of high drama...Prepare to be swept away."

-- "Johannesburg Times"

"Dominique Lapierre raises the curtain on the history of South Africa...A sublime epic full of terrible dramas."

-- "Le Point magazine (France)"

"History by a man who knows how to write history."

-- "San Diego Union Tribune"

"Harrowing...dramatic...absorbing."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Narrator Stefan Rudnicki's deep voice rumbles with an announcer-like resonance as he reads the encyclopedic introduction without animation. However, with the appearance of important characters like black activist Nelson Mandela and white supporter Helen Lieberman, Rudnicki becomes more charismatic. Delivering the author's inspiring narrative, his voice portrays the opposing emotions of both the inhuman cruelties experienced by the downtrodden and the proud excitement of Dr. Christiaan Barnard's first-ever heart transplant. Because of the universality of ethnic struggle, this audiobook would make an excellent resource for students of human rights."

-- "AudioFile"

"A concise, up-to-date account that beautifully translates to audio."

-- "Library Journal (starred review)"

A highly readable, detailed overview...Lapierre's presentation of the horrific facts of official racism is riveting.

-- "Booklist"

"Dynamic...The author peoples his narrative with vivid stories of individuals, black and white, who shaped the history of the land that was to become South Africa...The author's focus on individuals makes for an engaging, easy-to-read story."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

"[Rudnicki's] deep, resonant voice and dramatic reading engages the listeners from the very first words as he narrates the details of the bloody and horrific birth of a nation."

-- "SoundCommentary.com"
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In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God's Elect, chosen to rule over the continent. Their saga—bloody, ferocious, and fervent—would culminate three centuries later in one of the greatest tragedies of history: the establishment of a racist regime in which a white minority would subjugate and victimize millions of blacks. Called apartheid, it was a poisonous system that would only end with the liberation from prison of one of the moral giants of our time, Nelson Mandela.A Rainbow in the Night is Dominique Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women—famous and obscure, white and black, European and African—who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation.

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  • VerlagBLACKSTONE PUB
  • Erscheinungsdatum2009
  • ISBN 10 1433291568
  • ISBN 13 9781433291562
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