Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

ISBN-13: 9781848876590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 288 str.

John Carlin

Opis

On 24 June 1995, at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela stepped onto a rugby pitch and, in front of an audience of millions worldwide, a new era for South Africa began. This book tells the extraordinary story of how that moment became possible, tracing Mandela's history from Robben Island to Ellis Park.

Recenzje

Wonderful... Don't wait for the movie. New York Times

O autorze

Carlin, John
John Carlin grew up in Argentina and in the UK and spent 1989-95 in South Africa as the Independent's correspondent there. He has also lived in Nicaragua, Mexico and Washington, writing for The Times, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, among other papers, and working for the BBC. He now lives in Barcelona, where he writes for El Pais. Playing the Enemy is being made into a major film, starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.