Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
by Amnesty International
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"Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: We are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories"--Provided by the publisher.Tags
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I was surprisingly disappointed with the content of this book. "Short Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights". Sounds great right ? But the stories themselves were for the most part too short, had little or no character development and just didn't move me. There were a few exceptions, but unfortunately they were few and far between.
Synopsis: A collection of short stories from authors around the world and all walks of life, celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with all royalties from the book donated to Amnesty International.
My Opinion: As with any collection of short stories, there both the good and the bad. However, what I liked most about this book is that each one is a different take on a different article from the Declaration.
My Opinion: As with any collection of short stories, there both the good and the bad. However, what I liked most about this book is that each one is a different take on a different article from the Declaration.
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- Contents:
• Foreword / Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• Foreword / Vered Cohen-Barzilay
• Introduction / Larry Cox
• Busy Lines / Patricia Grace
• The Effects of Good Government on the City / A. L. Kennedy
• Business Philosophy / Marina Lewycka
• The Long Ride Back Home / Mohammed Naseehu Ali
• Sticko / Gabriella Ambrosio
• Tetanus / Joyce Carol Oates
• The Trial / Walter Mosley
• Character Development / David Mitchell
• Innocent Passage / Ariel Dorfman
• Aniruddha: The Latest Installment / Amit Chaudhuri
• An Incident at Lunchtime / Petina Gappah
• Torn / Milton Hatoum
• The Go-Between / Ali Smith
• An Incident at Lunchtime / Petina Gappah
• Asylum / David Constantine
• Homecoming / Jon Fosse
• The War on Women / Kate Atkinson
• A Special Boy / Banana Yoshimoto
• Be Careful About Playing With / Alexis Wright
• Where I Keep My Faith / Helen Dunmore
• Comrade Vadillo / Héctor Aguilar Camin
• In the Prison of Repose / Paulo Coelho
• Warriors of the Sky / Mahmoud Saeed
• The Obvious Candidate / Richard Griffiths
• Mr. President… / Juan Goytisolo
• The Moon Above His Head / Yann Martel
• Sola / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Amnesty / Nadine Gordimer
• An Internet Baby / Xiaolu Guo
• The Shed / Alice Pung
• ABC Antidote/ Ishmael Beah
• Gray Wolf, Prince Jack, and the Firebird / Alan Garner
• March of the Dinosaurs / Liana Badr
• The Scream / Rohinton Mistry
• The Classroom / Olja Knezevic
• Epilogue: Sofia / Henning Mankell
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Contributors
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 808.83 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of fiction
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- PN6120.95 .H784 .F74 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Fiction
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