We Are Not Afraid by Gila Lustiger (PT28)

Published 2017: First Edition / Hardcover / Excellent Condition / As New

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Devastated by the series of terrorist attacks that killed 130 people - the deadliest attacks on France since World War II - Lustiger, a German journalist living in Paris, set out to find answers to the questions that obsessed her: why has our generation bred Jihadists, what motivates such attacks, and what changes can we make to society to prevent the rise of hate crimes. During the three-month state of emergency declared in France, during which public demonstrations were banned and police were granted permission to carry out searches without a warrant, Lustiger reflects on the deep divide between government and governed, between the privileged few and the 'children of the banlieues' who grew into terrorists. She explores the elite Grandes Ecoles, in which of the 3000 applicants, a mere 120 get in - producing a long line of Prime Ministers, MPs, senators, Euro-ministers, and bosses of major private companies. She asks 'How can things possibly work when virtually a whole nation feels like it's standing on the outside?' This essay, in French translation and entitled Terror, has been awarded the Horst Bingel Prize for 2016. The biennial award celebrates literature which combines literary quality with social and political commitment.

Review
HAIR may stand on edge and goosebumps may well appear within a minute of starting this book. Written continuously over six weeks after the multiple terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th 2015, Gila Lustiger s first-hand account is shocking and brutal. The language used is sometimes harsh, but the author s relentlessness to seek hidden truths will be appreciated by readers who aim to do the same, those who are trying to invoke change and are coming up against those who are not ready to accept it. In short, this prize-winning essay looks at what happened in Paris, why it might have happened, and how we might be able to stop it happening again. --The Connexion, August 12, 2020

HAIR may stand on edge and goosebumps may well appear within a minute of starting this book. Written continuously over six weeks after the multiple terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th 2015, Gila Lustiger s first-hand account is shocking and brutal. The language used is sometimes harsh, but the author s relentlessness to seek hidden truths will be appreciated by readers who aim to do the same, those who are trying to invoke change and are coming up against those who are not ready to accept it. In short, this prize-winning essay looks at what happened in Paris, why it might have happened, and how we might be able to stop it happening again. --The Connexion, August 12, 2020. Google Books.