Thursday, April 23, 2015

El Legado de Mandela

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
Image Source: Google

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.

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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:

Unknown said...

To read biographies, I prefer to watch History Channel..

Maria Eugenia Chacin said...

Sounds really interesting, he is a good lead.

Unknown said...

Sound good. It has on the library at the Lonstar college because I am going to borrow it^__________^

Unknown said...

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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