David James Smith (1) (1956–)
Auteur de Young Mandela: The Revolutionary Years
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent David James Smith, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Œuvres de David James Smith
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Smith, David James
- Date de naissance
- 1956
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 256
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 23
- ISBN
- 38
- Langues
- 5
Smith's The Sleep of Reason is a hard retelling of the crime and subsequent trial - almost brutal itself in the telling. He's not trying to answer the question, for instance, of why the boys did what they did or how the circumstances of their background, including significant abuse, contributed to their actions. Instead, he presents the facts as best they can be reconstructed and lets the reader come to conclusions. Bookending the story is a little bit of the history of murder committed by children in Britain and how society responded, and some thoughts on how he interprets the crime. This one will make you think: how do we treat these children? How do we try to keep this from happening? What is society's response as these children grow up - can they become more than just child murderers?… (plus d'informations)