Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Autor Gary Youngeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 feb 2018
Winner
of
the
2017
J.
Anthony
Lukas
Prize
Shortlisted
for
the
2017
Hurston/Wright
Foundation
Award
Finalist
for
the
2017
Helen
Bernstein
Book
Award
for
Excellence
in
Journalism
Longlisted
for
the
2017
Andrew
Carnegie
Medal
for
Excellence
in
Non
Fiction
On
an
average
day
in
America,
seven
children
and
teens
will
be
shot
dead.
InAnother
Day
in
the
Death
of
America,
award-winning
journalist
Gary
Younge
tells
the
stories
of
the
lives
lost
during
one
such
day.
It
could
have
been
any
day,
but
he
chose
November
23,
2013.
Black,
white,
and
Latino,
aged
nine
to
nineteen,
they
fell
at
sleepovers,
on
street
corners,
in
stairwells,
and
on
their
own
doorsteps.
From
the
rural
Midwest
to
the
barrios
of
Texas,
the
narrative
crisscrosses
the
country
over
a
period
of
twenty-four
hours
to
reveal
the
full
human
stories
behind
the
gun-violence
statistics
and
the
brief
mentions
in
local
papers
of
lives
lost.
This powerful and moving work puts a human face-a child's face-on the "collateral damage" of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today.
This powerful and moving work puts a human face-a child's face-on the "collateral damage" of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today.
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ISBN-13: 9781568589930
ISBN-10: 156858993X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția Bold Type Books
ISBN-10: 156858993X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția Bold Type Books
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Notă biografică
Gary
Younge,
an
Alfred
Knobler
Fellow
at
the
Nation
Institute,
is
an
award-winning
columnist
for
theGuardianandNationand
an
acclaimed
author.
In
2009
he
won
the
British
James
Cameron
award
for
his
coverage
of
the
2008
presidential
election,
and
in
2015
he
won
the
Foreign
Commentator
of
the
Year
Award.
His
most
recent
book
isThe
Speech:
The
Story
Behind
Dr.
Martin
Luther
King
Jr.'s
Dream.
His
previous
books
includeWho
Are
We
-
and
Should
it
Matter
in
the
Twenty-First
Century?,
Stranger
in
a
Strange
Land:
Encounters
in
the
Disunited
States,andNo
Place
Like
Home:
A
Black
Briton's
Journey
through
the
American
South.
Formerly
the
Belle
Zeller
Visiting
Professor
of
public
policy
and
social
administration
at
Brooklyn
College,
CUNY,
he
has
two
honorary
degrees
from
British
universities.
Recenzii
"...a
powerful
and
necessary
accounting
of
one
of
the
deadliest
epidemics
ever
to
sweep
across
America-and
a
call
to
action
to
do
something
about
gun
violence.
Younge's
writing
is
chilling,
urgent
and
profound;
his
reportage
deeply
personalizes
the
victims,
making
them
come
alive
through
the
memories
of
those
who
knew
them
during
their
short
lives."--The
Root
"Younge brings a clear-eyed perspective to this fraught topic... A heartrending compendium of the lives of American children taken by guns on an average day. Gripping and eloquent yet challenging in the brutality of its subject, this important book calls for empathy and should be widely read."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"A heart-rending, beautifully crafted book...Important, deeply affecting, and certain to alarm readers who care about the lives of children in a gun-ridden society."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"Heartbreaking, compelling and inspiring, this is a strong voice for the victims of many devastatingly silent, daily tragedies."--Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"This book is a righteous challenge to the big insanities of American society: gun ubiquity, racism, poverty, and the supine and bland media that taboos genuine discourse on them. It's all the more daring and subversive for its controlled and mannered tone as it breaks the unwritten law: thou shall not humanize the victims of this ongoing carnage."--Irvine Welsh, author ofTrainspotting
"Another Day in the Death of Americais the kind of book that instantly changes you. There's no way to walk away from these ten stories of children who were all victims of gun violence on the same day and not feel the heat of anger and despair about the gun culture that creates a seemingly inescapable cycle of violence in America. Gary Younge trains his considerable talents on one day, that could have been any of our bullet and blood filled days, and sketches the lives of the real people who suffer so much for our inability to act. We need to know them."--Mychal Denzel Smith, author ofInvisible Man Got The Whole World Watching
"...exactingly argued, fluidly written and extremely upsetting. This is your country on guns. A book like this has potential pitfalls, highhandedness not least among them. But Mr. Younge...makes for a personable, unusual narrator. As a Briton, he brings a fresh perspective to this topic. As a father and a man of Barbadian descent, his interest in it is also personal."--New York Times
"...a sharp portrait of America, painted in blood."--The Economist
"Sad, frustrating, but profoundly humane and ultimately illuminating,Another Dayis political writing at its best."--Oprah Magazine
"...his accounts and analysis are powerful..."--New York Times Sunday Book Review
"An often unbearable act of bearing witness...it's impossible to pretend we don't have a problem when we lose 10 young people in one day."--Boston Globe
"...[an] insightful book..."--Mary Mitchell,Chicago Sun-Times
"Despite the composure of his writing, there is passion in Younge's condemnation of a system that renders the poor and the dark in America invisible. In illuminating the stories of some of these people and of their communities, Younge has provided us with a beautifully told and empathic account that wrenches at the heart even as it continues to engage the brain."--The Guardian
"...a book that feels both timely and utterly, hopelessly timeless..."--Financial Times
"A subtle yet searing condemnation of U.S. gun culture & indifference to endemic gun violence."--The Atlantic
"A masterclass in journalism..."--The Spectator (UK)
"In thoughtful, evenhanded chapters stacked with footnotes, Younge works methodically to uncover the unique patterns and hypocrisies of his adopted second home....'Another Day' doesn't offer solutions, because it can't; it just makes it impossible not to care."--Entertainment Weekly
"Despite the composure of his writing, there is passion in Younge's condemnation of a system that renders the poor and the dark in America invisible. In illuminating the stories of some of these people and of their communities, Younge has provided us with a beautifully told and empathic account that wrenches at the heart even as it continues to engage the brain."--The Guardian
"This is Gary Younge's masterwork: you will never read news reports about gun violence the same way again. Brilliantly reported, quietly indignant and utterly gripping. A book to be read through tears."--Naomi Klein, author ofThis Changes EverythingandThe Shock Doctrine
"Gary Younge'sAnother Day in the Death of Americais a harrowing account of children's lives cut short by the ubiquity of violence in the United States. Drawn from suburbs and cities of every demographic, these sensitively researched portraits of virtually unknown victims and their grieving families expose the structural ties of race, class, and lack of gun control. Younge's book completes the picture of what violence looks like in contemporary America, and should be required reading for anyone naming themselves American."--Claudia Rankine, author ofCitizen
"Formidably intelligent and tenacious. A tour de force of regulated passion."--Martin Amis
"[Younge provides] nuance and context to a polarizing issue...The personal touches, however, are most affecting, as Younge pieces together each story from news reports and interviews with friends and family, weaving a tragic narrative of wasted potential."--Publishers Weekly
"A heartrending compendium of the lives of American children taken by guns on an average day. Gripping and eloquent yet challenging in the brutality of its subject, this important book calls for empathy and should be widely read."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"Gun control remains one of the most polarizing topics in America. To give a human face to the issue, Younge, editor-at-large for The Guardian, investigates the stories of 10 people who died by gunshot on a random day-November 23, 2013...Younge states that "researching and writing this book has made me want to scream." Most readers will feel that way reading it, as there are no easy fixes here."--Booklist
"Younge's anecdotal style has a measured strength."--Chicago Tribune
"A sobering exploration...Younge has produced a deeply nuanced portrait of the social, racial and economic forces behind the daily carnage of gun deaths in America."—Chris Serres,Minneapolis Star Tribune
"By focusing on just one day, and the ten young American lives cut short on that day by gun violence, Gary Younge delivers a searing, beautifully-written indictment of gun culture in America. An important reminder that the toll of America's ridiculous gun laws results in daily tragedies that go largely unnoticed. An important book."—Peter Swanson, author of The Kind Worth Killing
"Gary Younge'sAnother Day in the Death of Americais a book everyone would wish didn't have to be written. That Gary Younge, one of the very finest journalists we have, has drawn from one specific, random day in our country the deaths perpetuated by gunfire - given it human dimension and tragedy - makes this vital, urgent necessary book one to read and pay heed to. This brave book, in its place as witness, looks our gun sickness straight in the eye to pose the question, do any lives matter?"—Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company
"Another Day in the Death of Americais that rarest of things: a truly necessary book. Younge's compassion, as much as his willingness to look this perpetual tragedy in the face, sets the book apart from much of the writing about our disastrous obsession with guns. I found it utterly heartbreaking and urgent. I want everyone to read this."—Stephen Sparks, Green Apple Books
"Younge brings a clear-eyed perspective to this fraught topic... A heartrending compendium of the lives of American children taken by guns on an average day. Gripping and eloquent yet challenging in the brutality of its subject, this important book calls for empathy and should be widely read."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"A heart-rending, beautifully crafted book...Important, deeply affecting, and certain to alarm readers who care about the lives of children in a gun-ridden society."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"Heartbreaking, compelling and inspiring, this is a strong voice for the victims of many devastatingly silent, daily tragedies."--Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"This book is a righteous challenge to the big insanities of American society: gun ubiquity, racism, poverty, and the supine and bland media that taboos genuine discourse on them. It's all the more daring and subversive for its controlled and mannered tone as it breaks the unwritten law: thou shall not humanize the victims of this ongoing carnage."--Irvine Welsh, author ofTrainspotting
"Another Day in the Death of Americais the kind of book that instantly changes you. There's no way to walk away from these ten stories of children who were all victims of gun violence on the same day and not feel the heat of anger and despair about the gun culture that creates a seemingly inescapable cycle of violence in America. Gary Younge trains his considerable talents on one day, that could have been any of our bullet and blood filled days, and sketches the lives of the real people who suffer so much for our inability to act. We need to know them."--Mychal Denzel Smith, author ofInvisible Man Got The Whole World Watching
"...exactingly argued, fluidly written and extremely upsetting. This is your country on guns. A book like this has potential pitfalls, highhandedness not least among them. But Mr. Younge...makes for a personable, unusual narrator. As a Briton, he brings a fresh perspective to this topic. As a father and a man of Barbadian descent, his interest in it is also personal."--New York Times
"...a sharp portrait of America, painted in blood."--The Economist
"Sad, frustrating, but profoundly humane and ultimately illuminating,Another Dayis political writing at its best."--Oprah Magazine
"...his accounts and analysis are powerful..."--New York Times Sunday Book Review
"An often unbearable act of bearing witness...it's impossible to pretend we don't have a problem when we lose 10 young people in one day."--Boston Globe
"...[an] insightful book..."--Mary Mitchell,Chicago Sun-Times
"Despite the composure of his writing, there is passion in Younge's condemnation of a system that renders the poor and the dark in America invisible. In illuminating the stories of some of these people and of their communities, Younge has provided us with a beautifully told and empathic account that wrenches at the heart even as it continues to engage the brain."--The Guardian
"...a book that feels both timely and utterly, hopelessly timeless..."--Financial Times
"A subtle yet searing condemnation of U.S. gun culture & indifference to endemic gun violence."--The Atlantic
"A masterclass in journalism..."--The Spectator (UK)
"In thoughtful, evenhanded chapters stacked with footnotes, Younge works methodically to uncover the unique patterns and hypocrisies of his adopted second home....'Another Day' doesn't offer solutions, because it can't; it just makes it impossible not to care."--Entertainment Weekly
"Despite the composure of his writing, there is passion in Younge's condemnation of a system that renders the poor and the dark in America invisible. In illuminating the stories of some of these people and of their communities, Younge has provided us with a beautifully told and empathic account that wrenches at the heart even as it continues to engage the brain."--The Guardian
"This is Gary Younge's masterwork: you will never read news reports about gun violence the same way again. Brilliantly reported, quietly indignant and utterly gripping. A book to be read through tears."--Naomi Klein, author ofThis Changes EverythingandThe Shock Doctrine
"Gary Younge'sAnother Day in the Death of Americais a harrowing account of children's lives cut short by the ubiquity of violence in the United States. Drawn from suburbs and cities of every demographic, these sensitively researched portraits of virtually unknown victims and their grieving families expose the structural ties of race, class, and lack of gun control. Younge's book completes the picture of what violence looks like in contemporary America, and should be required reading for anyone naming themselves American."--Claudia Rankine, author ofCitizen
"Formidably intelligent and tenacious. A tour de force of regulated passion."--Martin Amis
"[Younge provides] nuance and context to a polarizing issue...The personal touches, however, are most affecting, as Younge pieces together each story from news reports and interviews with friends and family, weaving a tragic narrative of wasted potential."--Publishers Weekly
"A heartrending compendium of the lives of American children taken by guns on an average day. Gripping and eloquent yet challenging in the brutality of its subject, this important book calls for empathy and should be widely read."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"Gun control remains one of the most polarizing topics in America. To give a human face to the issue, Younge, editor-at-large for The Guardian, investigates the stories of 10 people who died by gunshot on a random day-November 23, 2013...Younge states that "researching and writing this book has made me want to scream." Most readers will feel that way reading it, as there are no easy fixes here."--Booklist
"Younge's anecdotal style has a measured strength."--Chicago Tribune
"A sobering exploration...Younge has produced a deeply nuanced portrait of the social, racial and economic forces behind the daily carnage of gun deaths in America."—Chris Serres,Minneapolis Star Tribune
"By focusing on just one day, and the ten young American lives cut short on that day by gun violence, Gary Younge delivers a searing, beautifully-written indictment of gun culture in America. An important reminder that the toll of America's ridiculous gun laws results in daily tragedies that go largely unnoticed. An important book."—Peter Swanson, author of The Kind Worth Killing
"Gary Younge'sAnother Day in the Death of Americais a book everyone would wish didn't have to be written. That Gary Younge, one of the very finest journalists we have, has drawn from one specific, random day in our country the deaths perpetuated by gunfire - given it human dimension and tragedy - makes this vital, urgent necessary book one to read and pay heed to. This brave book, in its place as witness, looks our gun sickness straight in the eye to pose the question, do any lives matter?"—Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company
"Another Day in the Death of Americais that rarest of things: a truly necessary book. Younge's compassion, as much as his willingness to look this perpetual tragedy in the face, sets the book apart from much of the writing about our disastrous obsession with guns. I found it utterly heartbreaking and urgent. I want everyone to read this."—Stephen Sparks, Green Apple Books
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