John Carlin

Playing the Enemy (eBook, ePUB)

The inspiration behind the Oscar nominated film Invictus starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand's all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy. When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springboks jersey and led the all-white Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa's new national anthem, he conquered the hearts of white South Africa. Playing the Enemy tells the extraordinary human story of how that moment became possible. It shows how a sport, once the preserve of South Africa's Afrikaans-speaking minority, came to unify the new rainbow nation, and tells of how - just occasionally - something as simple as a game really can help people to rise above themselves and see beyond their differences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atlantic Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781848872585
• Artikelnr.: 38361251

Autorenporträt

John Carlin grew up in Argentina and in the UK and spent 1989-95 in South Africa as the Independent's correspondent there. He has also lived in Nicaragua, Mexico and Washington, writing for The Times, theObserver, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, among other papers, and working for the BBC. He now lives in Barcelona, where he writes for El Pais.