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Never Alone

Natan Sharansky

A classic account of courage integrity and most of all belonging.

In 1977 after serving as a leading activist for the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration from there Natan Sharansky was arrested. He spent nine years as a political prisoner convicted of treason against the state. In fact Sharansky was fighting for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life.

In Never Alone Natan Sharansky and historian Gil Troy show how Sharansky's years in prison many spent in harsh solitary confinement prepared him for a very public life after his release. As an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency Sharansky brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising often uncomfortable honesty. Never a follower of tradition for tradition's sake or someone who placed expediency or convenience ahead of consistent values Sharansky was an often awkward political colleague but always visionary in his appreciation of where the real threats to freedom lay. Never Alone is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner from his seat at the table as history unfolded in Israel and the Middle East along with his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.

Written with frankness affection and humor the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the essential human struggle: to find his own voice when it was denied him his own faith and the people to whom he could belong.

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : SEP 1, 2020
  • Imprint : Publicaffairs
  • Page Extent : 480
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781541742420
  • Price : INR 2,280
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Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident political prisoner and human rights icon who has spent his life championing democracy and freedom. He now serves as the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs in the Israeli Government.

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