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Title

The question / Henri Alleg ; translated from the French by John Calder ; preface by Jean-Paul Sartre ; with a new afterword by the author ; foreward to the Bison Books edition by Ellen Ray ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by James D. Le Sueur.

Author

Alleg, Henri.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980
• Calder, John.
• Ray, Ellen.
• Le Sueur, James D.

Description

xliv, 33-102 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture, with unbelievable brutality and sadism. The Question is Alleg's profoundly moving account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Jean-Paul Sartre's preface remains a relevant commentary on the moral and plitical effects of torture on both the victim and perpetrator.

Uniform Title

Question. English

Alternative Title

Question.

Subject

• Alleg, Henri
• 1900-1999
• Political prisoners > Algeria > Biography
• Torture > Algeria > History > 20th century
• Algeria > Personal narratives, French. > Revolution, 1954-1962

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• Personal narratives – French

Note

• Originally published London : John Calder Publishers Ltd., 1958.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxv).

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / by Ellen Ray -- Introduction / by James D. Le Sueur -- Preface / by Jean-Paul Sartre -- The Question -- Afterword.

ISBN

• 0803259603 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0803259557 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780803259607
• 9780803259553

LCCN

^^2005030220

OCLC

• 62109991
• SCSB-12470913

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library