
Never Alone
Prison, Politics, and My People
PublicAffairs,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 17. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-5417-4244-4 (ISBN)
Description
A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belonging
In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a political prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. Every day, Sharansky fought for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life.
Never Alone reveals how Sharansky's years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for a very public life after his release. As an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency, Sharansky brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising, often uncomfortable, honesty. His story is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner, from his seat at the table as history unfolded in Israel and the Middle East, and from his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.
Written with frankness, affection, and humor, the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the essential human struggle: to find his own voice, his own faith, and the people to whom he could belong.
In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a political prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. Every day, Sharansky fought for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life.
Never Alone reveals how Sharansky's years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for a very public life after his release. As an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency, Sharansky brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising, often uncomfortable, honesty. His story is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner, from his seat at the table as history unfolded in Israel and the Middle East, and from his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.
Written with frankness, affection, and humor, the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the essential human struggle: to find his own voice, his own faith, and the people to whom he could belong.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
2 Plates, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5417-4244-4 (9781541742444)
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Persons
Natan Sharansky lives in Jerusalem with Avital He has two daughters and six grandchildren.
Gil Troy is a professor of history at McGill University in Montreal and has a residence in Jerusalem.
Gil Troy is a professor of history at McGill University in Montreal and has a residence in Jerusalem.