Freedom

Reviews

‘This is truly a great book of Amnesty’s. To harness the God-given creative talents of these wonderful writers and connect them with each Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an inspiration. We are made for the sublime and for freedom: it is my hope that these stories will help us to achieve it. For these writers to contribute their remarkable gifts to the cause of human rights is a sign that injustice will not have the last word.’ - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

'Inspirational and a very good read' - The Big Issue

'Illuminating and impressive' - The Guardian

'Very impressive' - The Bookseller

'It is perhaps easy to assume that this is a worthy cause of a book, but it is far, far more than that. It's one of the best anthologies I’ve come across lately. The stories are daring and sharply observed. They bring you up short, take you by surprise and return you to a place that you recognise as honest and truthful. There is real wit here; there are also unexpected moments of beauty. But above all these are moving stories about what it means to be human. This is an exciting and important collection. Story by story, it is perhaps the greatest inspiration to join Amnesty that one could have.'
- Alison MacLeod, author of Fifteen Modern Tales of Attractionand Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester.

'A powerful, often moving collection.'
- Daily Mail

'It is hard to pick a few of the many highlights from this extraordinary collection ... I cannot think of a better and more enjoyable way to illuminate the simple but powerful message: human rights are universal.' - Lucy Popescu, Tribune

Contents

i, Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
ii, Foreword by Vered Cohen-Barzilay
iii, Introduction by Kate Allen  

1, Patricia Grace – Busy Lines
2, A.L. Kennedy – The Effects of Good Government on the City
3, James Meek – The Kind of Neighbour You Used to Have
4, Marina Lewycka – Business Philosophy
5, Mohammed Naseehu Ali – The Long Ride Back Home
6, Gabriella Ambrosio – Sticko
7, Joyce Carol Oates - Tetanus
8, Walter Mosley – The Trial
9, David Mitchell - Character Development
10, Ariel Dorfman – Innocent Passage
11, Amit Chaudhuri – Aniruddha: The Latest Instalment
12, Petina Gappah – An Incident at Lunchtime
13, Milton Hatoum – Torn
14, Ali Smith – The Go-Between
15, David Constantine – Asylum
16, Jon Fosse – Homecoming
17, Kate Atkinson – The War on Women
18, Banana Yoshimoto – A Special Boy
19, Alexis Wright – Be Careful About Playing withthe Path of Least Resistance
20, Helen Dunmore – Where I Keep My Faith
21, Héctor Aguilar Camín – Comrade Vadillo
22, Paulo Coelho – In the Prison of Repose
23, Mahmoud Saeed – Warriors of the Sky
24, Richard Griffiths – The Obvious Candidate
25, Juan Goytisolo – Mr President . . .
26, Yann Martel – The Moon Above His Head
27, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Sola
28, Nadine Gordimer – Amnesty
29, Xiaolu Guo – An Internet Baby
30, Alice Pung – The Shed
31, Ishmael Beah – ABC Antidote
32, Alan Garner – Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird
33, Liana Badr – March of the Dinosaurs
34, Rohinton Mistry – The Scream
35, Olja Knezevic – The Classroom
36, Epilogue: Henning Mankell – Sofia