117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation under the South African 90-Day Detention Law (Virago Modern Classics #139)
General fiction, Historical biography, Journals and memoirs, Politics and government biography, Biography, Women biography, History
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.'117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no… charge and no trial - only suspicion.This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of the police state.