Ruth First's "117 Days" recounts the harrowing war of nerves conducted between a Ninety-Day detainee and her South African Special Branch interrogators. Her sparsely written and unique record was first published - as her husband, Joe Slovo, remarked - so that it 'would help focus world attention on the plight of the growing number of victims of the regime's physical and mental torture chamber'.
About the AuthorFirst, Heloise Ruth, 1925-1982, journalist, author, anti-apartheid campaigner.
Book InformationISBN 9780143185475
Author Ruth FirstPage Count 154
Imprint Penguin Books (South Africa)Publisher Penguin Random House South Africa
Weight(grams) 154g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 15mm