Esta autora es conocida por su inquebrantable compromiso de enfrentarse a la injusticia, participando a menudo en acciones directas para defender a los oprimidos. Su escritura, extraída de intensas experiencias personales, profundiza en las profundidades de la resiliencia humana y la responsabilidad ética frente a la opresión sistémica. En el corazón de su obra se encuentra el impulso de comprender y transmitir los complejos matices del conflicto, buscando puntos en común y defendiendo los derechos humanos fundamentales. Su voz resuena con urgencia y un llamado a la empatía y la acción, inspirando a los lectores a examinar críticamente el mundo que les rodea.
Rachel Corrie was a young American activist killed on March 16th 2003, as she tried to block the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in the Gaza strip. She was twenty-three years old. This book reveals her gifts as a poet and writer, and tells her story, from her reflections as a precociously creative and assured young child.
March 2003. The Gaza Strip. 23-year-old Rachel Corrie stands between a Palestinian house and an armoured bulldozer. Edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner and based on the writings of Rachel Corrie herself, this play captures the enduring idealism, blazing eloquence and sardonic wit of her vivid diary entries.