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4 reviews for:
117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African Ninety-Day Detention Law
Ruth First
3.79 AVERAGE
4 reviews for:
117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African Ninety-Day Detention Law
Ruth First
3.79 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
setbook for uni.
i actually really enjoyed this, i found it really fascinating and while it dragged in some places, i still on the whole found it interesting enough to complete. i found the ending quite lacklustre though, and it left me wanting more. a philosophical reflection? an existential reflection? a reflection on general, in whatever sense, to round out the narrative and tie in all the loose ends.
i actually really enjoyed this, i found it really fascinating and while it dragged in some places, i still on the whole found it interesting enough to complete. i found the ending quite lacklustre though, and it left me wanting more. a philosophical reflection? an existential reflection? a reflection on general, in whatever sense, to round out the narrative and tie in all the loose ends.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I am not much of a non fiction reader but I was so intrigued by the title that I just had to go ahead and pick this up.
Ruth First was a journalist who was fired pertaining to possession of an illegal newspaper which she edited and was later on arrested under the 90 days rule. She was a white opponent during apartheid and actively worked towards liberation.
I found her account of her time during prison, to be blunt, quite horrifying. I sadly didn't know anything about this rule prior to reading the book but to think that one could be sent to jail simply on a suspiscion gave me chills. Her incorportation of the accounts of other people who were wrongfully detained under this law gave the book momentum and it was interesting to read what different people went through.
The last line of the book was simply upsetting in a horrid way, and possibly true as well. Definitely going to have to research about her life after she went into exile.
Ruth First was a journalist who was fired pertaining to possession of an illegal newspaper which she edited and was later on arrested under the 90 days rule. She was a white opponent during apartheid and actively worked towards liberation.
I found her account of her time during prison, to be blunt, quite horrifying. I sadly didn't know anything about this rule prior to reading the book but to think that one could be sent to jail simply on a suspiscion gave me chills. Her incorportation of the accounts of other people who were wrongfully detained under this law gave the book momentum and it was interesting to read what different people went through.
The last line of the book was simply upsetting in a horrid way, and possibly true as well. Definitely going to have to research about her life after she went into exile.