Name: Luigi Di Battista
Country: Venezuela
Language: Spanish
Book Title: El Legado de Mandela (The
Legacy of Mandela)
Author: Richard Stengel
Year of Publication: 2010
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SUMMARY:
During three
years, including the crucial period when Mandela led South Africa until the
first democratic elections the writer became the shadow of the grandfather of
South Africa to help him writing his personal history. The writer was eating
with him, seeing him mission, hearing him think aloud, the writer came to know
the different aspects of this complex human being and has collected all the
wisdom in fifteen essential exercises of life, love and benefit. Why we need to
keep close to enemies, why enterprise is more than the absence of fear, how it
is the most important for everyone to find something out of the world that we
report joy. There are amazing stories Mandela's childhood as a protege of a
racial king, the early years as a
freedom fighter, and the twenty-seven year prison failed to break him, and his
new marriage at eighty years of age. This history captures the breath of an leader,
martyr, husband extraordinary man, statesman and leader morally and encourages
us to look within, to reconsider the things we take for granted and to reflect
on the legacy we leave behind.
RECOMMENDATION:
Richard Stengel
was born and brought up in New York. He is a world famous writer for his
autobiography. He is an American editor, journalist and author. He has written many
books including a collaboration with Nelson Mandela. When he wrote this book,
he needed to learn about the culture from South Africa; and that is why Mandela
talked with him about it. He worked as a managing editor for Time in 200. After
that, he quit this job in order to serve as Under Secretary of State for Public
Diplomacy and Public Affairs for President Barack Obama's cabinet.
4 comments:
To read biographies, I prefer to watch History Channel..
Sounds really interesting, he is a good lead.
Sound good. It has on the library at the Lonstar college because I am going to borrow it^__________^
I don't know why I never read this book becuase I think this book looks very interesting , and I know about Mandela's story.
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