Solitary Confinement by Christopher Burney

Description: "This book is the story of how a man spent eighteen months locked up alone. It tells how he passed the long, lonely hours that became long, lonely weeks and months, how he adjusted his life, and how he waged his solitary war against his captors and confinement. "The author was imprisoned by the Germans in France, but Solitary Confinement is not a war book. Any other solitude, so long as it was dangerous, would have done as well. The war is merely an undertone. Solitary Confinement is about solitude, about a man faced with nothing but four bare walls and his future. "Although dramatic emphasis lies in the interrogations and in the author's fear of betraying friends and secrets, the real drama lies in his banishment from normal life and human contacts. In Christopher Burney's own words: "We are quite certainly incompre- hensible to one another as solitary beings." "Solitary Confinement tells of the terrors and the splendor of being alone. The problems ranged from the devising of ways to pass the time to the search for spiritual guidance and comfort. The author's descriptions of this search and of his thoughts and reflections when his hopes were unful- filled are notable for their frankness, honesty and sincerity. "Solitary Confinement is a story of inner conflict, of the adventures of the mind in its search for a last-minute personal philosophy, 'an exercise in liberty.'" - from inner sleeve

Price: 100 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2024-09-25T01:14:36.000Z

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