Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan
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Köp båda 2 för 406 krAyaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former member of the Dutch Parliament and the author of the international bestseller "Infidel", was raised as a Muslim fundamentalist in Kenya. A feminist, political analyst, writer, and fierce critic of he...
One of the best (books) I have ever read on the difficult relationship between the developed world and the Third World. An eye-opener. Scroggins is as brave as her subjectshe has written a wonderful and challenging book. William Shawcross, Sunday Times A wonderful book and a gripping history of the Sudan which doesnt shrink the complexities. Observer Scroggins is to be congratulated for making the story of McCunes ill-fated foray into Africa such a good read. Sunday Telegraph Deborah Scroggins analysis provides sharp relevance. It is the story both of a woman and a strange and sorrowful world. Sunday Independent Remarkableit has the feel of an epic tale, taking in the tragedy of SudanScroggins steers a tight path between writing this book as an account of her own fascination with Sudan and as the story of McCunes life. New Statesman Her biography is a painstaking and loving portrait of this remarkable woman. Evening Standard Deborah Scroggins has a sharp eye. Emmas War is about the politics of the belly, and what happens when the fat white paunch meets the swollen stomachs of the hungry in Africa. It is a sorry story, but Ms Scroggins tells it awfully well. Economist Part history, part biography and part Scroggins own memoir, Emmas War offers an enthralling, accessible account of Sudans most recent history. Sunday Business Post
Deborah Scroggins won six national journalism awards for her reporting from the Sudan and the Middle East. A former correspondent at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, she has published articles in Granta and the Independent. She lives in Atlanta.