Gary Younge

Another Day in the Death of America

A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublicAffairs
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 142mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9781568589930
• ISBN-10: 156858993X
• Artikelnr.: 48509499

Autorenporträt

Gary Younge, an Alfred Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute, is an award-winning columnist for the Guardian and Nation and an acclaimed author. In 2009 he won the British James Cameron award for his coverage of the 2008 presidential election, and in 2015 he won the Foreign Commentator of the Year Award. In 2023 he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism. His most recent book is The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream. His previous books include Who Are We - and Should it Matter in the Twenty-First Century?, Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States, and No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South. Formerly the Belle Zeller Visiting Professor of public policy and social administration at Brooklyn College, CUNY, he has two honorary degrees from British universities.

Rezensionen

"...a powerful and necessary accounting of one of the deadliest epidemics ever to sweep across America-and a call to action to do something about gun violence. Younge's writing is chilling, urgent and profound; his reportage deeply personalizes the victims, making them come alive through the memories of those who knew them during their short lives." --The Root

"Younge brings a clear-eyed perspective to this fraught topic... A heartrending compendium of the lives of American children taken by guns on an average day. Gripping and eloquent yet challenging in the brutality of its subject, this important book calls for empathy and should be widely read." --Library Journal, Starred Review

"A heart-rending, beautifully crafted book...Important, deeply affecting, and certain to alarm readers who care about the lives of children in a gun-ridden society." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"Heartbreaking, compelling and inspiring, this is a strong voice for the victims of many devastatingly silent, daily tragedies." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review