The Hostage Handbook

Résumé du livre

Here are the highly charged diaries of the first Western hostage of the modern era. Recorded secretly in shorthand, they chronicle two years of solitary confinement in the heart of Beijing during the chaotic Cultural Revolution, which resulted in three million deaths. A key part of the author's fight against isolation and despair, they describe the psychological battle for survival all hostages face - and show how keeping a diary can help face up to many hardships.