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Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
by Ingrid Betancourt
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1844086267
- ISBN 13
- 9781844086269
- Seller
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About This Item
London England: Virago, 2010. First Edition Hardcover A very hard to find this scarce book in such fine condition Ingrid Betancourt s story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world s imagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate of fear endemic in Colombia, in 2002 she was taken hostage by FARC, a terrorist guerrilla organisation. She was held captive in the depths of the jungle for six and a half years, chained day and night for much of that time, constantly on the move and enduring gruelling conditions. She was freed and reunited with her children and relatives in 2008.It is Betancourt s indomitable spirit that drives this important and deeply moving book, telling in her own words the extraordinary drama of her capture and eventual rescue, and describes her fight to survive, mentally and physically. As she confronts the horror of what she went through, her story also goes beyond the specifics of her own confinement to offer an intensely intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate reflection on what it means to be human.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.
Synopsis
"Betancourt's riveting account...is an unforgettable epic of moral courage and human endurance." - Los Angeles Times In the midst of her campaign for the Colombian presidency in 2002, Ingrid Betancourt traveled into a military-controlled region, where she was abducted by the FARC, a brutal terrorist guerrilla organization in conflict with the government. She would spend the next six and a half years captive in the depths of the Colombian jungle. Even Silence Has an End is her deeply moving and personal account of that time. The facts of her story are astounding, but it is Betancourt's indomitable spirit that drives this very special narrative-an intensely intelligent, thoughtful, and compassionate reflection on what it really means to be human.
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- Bookseller
- thelondonbookworm.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 099843
- Title
- Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
- Author
- Ingrid Betancourt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1844086267
- ISBN 13
- 9781844086269
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- (COLOMBIAN JUNGLE, FARC, BIOGRAPHY, KIDNAP VICTIMS, POLITICAL KIDNAPPINGS, TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS) First Edition True Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo
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