An edition of Voix du défi (1997)

The voice of hope

Aung San Suu Kyi conversations with Alan Clements.

2nd ed., updated and expanded.
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An edition of Voix du défi (1997)

The voice of hope

Aung San Suu Kyi conversations with Alan Clements.

2nd ed., updated and expanded.

In Burma, while thousands of political prisoners are detained and tortured, and thousands more flee the country to escape poverty and forced labor, a woman of delicate appearance and fierce determination leads her nation's struggle for freedom. They chant her name, "Aung San Suu Kyi! Democracy!".

Bringing this story to the world is Alan Clements, an American who spent five years in Rangoon as a Buddhist monk. Over a period of months Clements met with Aung San Suu Kyi at her home, shortly after her release from house arrest in July 1995. Their conversations became The Voice of Hope, Aung San Suu Kyi's first published work since her release.

The Voice of Hope is a journey to the heart of her struggle. In response to perceptive and probing questions by Clements, she describes how she has managed to sustain her hope and optimism even when her husband and two sons are kept from her, and while so many of her followers and associates have been hurt or killed. What are the foundations of her strength? What is her understanding of the motivations of her enemy, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)?

How effective can nonviolence be in the modern world? In what ways does her Buddhism inspire her actions? How does she overcome feelings of resentment and vindictiveness? Why is the truth she speaks so threatening to her enemies? Does she envision her own death? Is there conflict between her Buddhist pursuits and her political ones? What are the limits of free speech? Is the struggle for freedom worth any sacrifice?

In every case Aung San Suu Kyi's answers are honest, direct, unexpected, and rich. The Voice of Hope offers us a rare insight to an extraordinary life - along with the empathy and vision to serve also as a moral compass in our own lives.

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The Voice of Hope
April 21, 2008, Seven Stories Press
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Cover of: The voice of hope
The voice of hope: Aung San Suu Kyi conversations with Alan Clements.
2008, Seven Stories Press
in English - 2nd ed., updated and expanded.
Cover of: The voice of hope
The voice of hope
1997, Seven Stories Press
in English
Cover of: The voice of hope
The voice of hope
1997, Penguin Books
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Published in
New York, NY
Genre
Interviews., Burma

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.105092
Library of Congress
DS530.65 .A9613 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18266976M
ISBN 13
9781583228456
LCCN
2008000560
Library Thing
61111
Goodreads
2227089

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