An edition of The good listener (1998)

The good listener

Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty

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An edition of The good listener (1998)

The good listener

Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty

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Part biography, part history, part moral meditation on the resurrection of torture as an instrument of political power in the twentieth century, The Good Listener tells the story of Helen Bamber, a good but complex woman now in her seventies, who has spent her life battling to bring the dark side of history into the light.

In almost every situation in our century where mankind has demonstrated its capacity to intensify evil - during the Nazi Holocaust, in Algeria, Chile, Africa, the USSR, and Israel, as well as in postwar Britain and Germany - Bamber has served as a witness, an expert, or a reproach, as well as repository of our collective memory of debasement. She went to Bergen-Belsen after World War II had ended, and upon her return to London she dedicated herself to caring for the young survivors of the camp.

So began Bamber's brave devotion to the grim and dangerous task of undoing the work of the torturer - culminating, after her participation as a central force in Amnesty International, in her establishment in England of the Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

Because Bamber's uncanny openness to others has been one of her great skills, The Good Listener is rendered even more powerful by the stories of the people she has helped, stories that become unforgettable records of meaningless human suffering.

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Pantheon Books
Language
English
Pages
374

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Good Listener: A Life Against Cruelty
2012, Faber & Faber, Limited
in English
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Good Listener
2001, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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The Good Listener
October 7, 1999, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: The Good Listener
The Good Listener: Helen Bamber, A Life Against Cruelty
April 27, 1999, Pantheon
in English
Cover of: The good listener
The good listener: Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty
1998, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: The good listener
The good listener: Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty
1998, Pantheon Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-365) and index.

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New York
Other Titles
Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty, Life against cruelty

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.48/4/092, B
Library of Congress
HQ1595.B35 B45 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 374 p. ;
Number of pages
374

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL382369M
Internet Archive
goodlistenerhele00belt
ISBN 10
0375401008
LCCN
98044755
OCLC/WorldCat
40076577
Library Thing
943219
Goodreads
1342449

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