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Chargement... Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (édition 2009)par Greg Mortenson
Information sur l'oeuvreSur ces pierres tu bâtiras des écoles par Greg Mortenson (Author)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A lovely continuation of the "Three Cups of Tea" story by Greg Mortenson and the work of the Central Asia Institute. I particularly enjoyed the first-person narrative that Greg provides - as hard it surely was for him to deliver he did so splendidly. The stories are balanced, compelling and thoughtfully presented. Ms. Leoni as the narrator was a little formal for the personal nature of the stories shared and I found her delivery of Greg's poignant humor flat. Wonderful stories from a part of the world I have yet to visit outside of my own imagination. Much like "Three Cups" it has only motivated me more to take on my own adventure along the Silk Road. Whether you know Stones into Schools because of the phenomenon that was Three Cups of Tea or because Stones into Schools became a best seller in its own right, there is no denying its impact. The fast paced we-must-build-schools story picks up right where Three Cups of Tea left off. Mortenson has established himself as humanitarian extraordinaire, but he wants to do more, more, more. He makes a solemn promise to a band of Kirghiz horsemen to build schools in a remote area of Afghanistan called Bozai Gumbaz. This is the dramatic retelling (and lots of humble bragging) of how he barely kept that promise. If you read beyond the endless list of accomplishments and focus on the efforts of the people around Mortenson, inspiration can be easily found. Especially after the events of October 8th, 2005 in northern Pakistan when an earthquake rocked the landscape into rubble. Confessional: I got a little weary of all of the "I talk" Mortenson did throughout both Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. I did this, I did that. I am this. I am all that. I couldn't get the image of him riding around on a camel wearing a cape and mask out of my head. But, for all of his avarice I appreciated the exposure to the culture, operations, and obsessions of the Taliban. When you are held hostage by American news organizations you only get one side of the story and as they always say, there are three sides: your, mine, and the truth. some truly great and inspiring stories in this book, and I can only imagine the difficulties faced in building all these schools "at the end of the road", especially seeing how difficult it is to make a change here in Afghanistan the accomplishments are certainly commendable. Also I think the concept as a whole, of education being the answer is spot on. However, a large majority of the book felt like "look at me, look at me", "x number of meetings in less than x number of days", only 3 hours of sleep, working to the point of collapse... Could of done without all that.
How could a man whose success had been based on such self-effacing relief work reconcile humility with celebrity? Mr. Mortenson’s second and very different book, “Stones Into Schools,” provides an answer. As this new book’s strong, opinionated voice makes clear, he was never all that humble in the first place. And he was never shy. Fait l'objet d'une réponse dansPrix et récompensesDistinctions
Dans ce récit impressionnant écrit à la première personne, Greg Mortenson reprend la plume là où il l'avait laissée dans Trois Tasses de thé, en 2003. Il y relate ses efforts inlassables en vue de construire des écoles pour les jeunes Afghanes, son action en Azad Kashmir et au Pakistan après le grave séisme qui secoua la région en 2005, ainsi que sa façon très particulière de nouer des relations avec des religieux, des miliciens, des commandants et des chefs de clans islamiques, alors même qu'il réussissait à échapper aux tirs des seigneurs de la guerre afghans et à survivre à huit jours de captivité aux mains des talibans. Pour la première fois, il nous fait part de sa vision d'un monde pacifié grâce à l'éducation et à l'alphabétisation, et de ses réflexions sur la situation militaire, l'islam et le statut de la femme, en les imbriquant subtilement dans la propre histoire passionnante de ceux et celles qui ont participé à cet effort humanitaire remarquable, échelonné sur deux décennies. Depuis la publication en 2006 de Trois Tasses de thé, Mortenson a parcouru le Canada, les États-Unis et le monde entier pour faire partager sa vision à des centaines de milliers de personnes. Il a rencontré des chefs d'État, des hauts gradés militaires et des dirigeants politiques que ses idées n'ont pas laissés indifférents. Le succès phénoménal et durable de Trois Tasses de thé montre à l'évidence que le message de Mortenson rallie un public enthousiaste et convaincu. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Mortenson and his NGO Central Asia Institute (CAI) have been committed to building schools in the most remote corners of Pakistan and Afghanistan for the last 16 years. Here he resumes where he left off in his previous book and spotlights the extraordinary efforts to make good on a promise he made in 1999 to villagers of the Wakhan Corridor, a rugged, isolated area of northeastern Afghanistan. The Wakhan is occupied by the Kirghiz, who had been forced out of their land with the coming of the Soviets before returning to restricted migratory patterns, and are cut off from basic, life-sustaining government services. For Mortenson and his well-meaning, multiethnic crew he calls his “Dirty Dozen,” the village of Bozai Gumbaz proved to be “the definition of our last-place-first philosophy.” By enlisting the help of the local leaders and supplying the Kirghiz with necessary building materials (hauled by yak), the CAI fulfilled one of its main goals: to get the people to build a school on their own. Based in Bozeman, Mont., Mortenson tells the remarkable story of how his group operates. He travels America giving talks, raising awareness and enormous sums of money ($900,000 poured in after a 1993 Parade article), considering proposals about where next to build a school (it must be at least 50 percent girls) and courting local commandhans, or warlords. The organization had to contend with threats of kidnapping, Taliban violence, the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 and ingrained injunctions against educating girls. In his humble, winning style, the author writes of making peace with the U.S. Army, whose bombing caused enormous civilian bloodshed. Three Cups of Tea is now required reading for counterinsurgency officers, and Mortenson effectively demonstrates the “cascade of positive changes triggered by teaching a single girl how to read and write.”
Inspiring evidence of the tsunami effects of a committed humanitarian.
- Kirkus Review