'Exterminate All The Brutes' by Sven Lindqvist
Taking his title from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Sven Lindqvist traces Europe's dark history in Africa in the form of a travel diary and a historical examination of European imperialism and racism over the past two centuries.
This book is important.. we, our rulers, and their stooges should read it ... it contains a message for our future -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Here is a book which has come out of risk and years of thought -- John Berger
This powerful book has haunted me for months * Sunday Times *
Sven Lindqvist [was] one of the most original and imaginative authors working at the end of the twentieth century. Together with Bruce Chatwin and Claudio Magris, he has pioneered a genre where to travel in space is also to travel in time. -- Richard Gott
Exemplary * Independent *
This book should be school curriculum material * New Internationalist *
Here is a book which has come out of risk and years of thought -- John Berger
This powerful book has haunted me for months * Sunday Times *
Sven Lindqvist [was] one of the most original and imaginative authors working at the end of the twentieth century. Together with Bruce Chatwin and Claudio Magris, he has pioneered a genre where to travel in space is also to travel in time. -- Richard Gott
Exemplary * Independent *
This book should be school curriculum material * New Internationalist *
Sven Lindqvist (1932-2019) was born in Stockholm, and travelled extensively through Asia, Africa and Latin America. He was the author of thirty books, including A History of Bombing, Desert Divers, which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and Exterminate All the Brutes, which formed the basis of a major HBO four-part documentary series by Academy Award-nominated writer and director Raoul Peck.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847081988 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847081983 |
| Title | 'Exterminate All The Brutes' |
| Author | Sven Lindqvist |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2018-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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