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1、NelsonMandelaisoneofthegreatmoralandpoliticalleadersofourtime:aninternationalherowhoselifelongdedicationtothefightagainstracialoppressioninSouthAfricawonhimtheNobelPeacePrizeandthepresidencyofhiscountry.Sincehistriumphantreleasein1990frommorethanaquarter-
2、centuryofimprisonment,Mandelahasbeenatthecenterofthemostcompellingandinspiringpoliticaldramaintheworld.AspresidentoftheAfricanNationalCongressandheadofSouthAfrica'santiapartheidmovement,hewasinstrumentalinmovingthenationtowardmultiracialgovernmentandmajor
3、ityrule.Heisreveredeverywhereasavitalforceinthefightforhumanrightsandracialequality.LongWalktoFreedomishismovingandexhilaratingautobiography,abookdestinedtotakeitsplaceamongthefinestmemoirsofhistory'sgreatestfigures.Hereforthefirsttime,NelsonRolihlahlaMan
4、delatellstheextraordinarystoryofhislife-anepicofstruggle,setback,renewedhope,andultimatetriumph,whichhas,untilnow,beenvirtuallyunknowntomostoftheworld.ThefostersonofaThembuchief,Mandelawasraisedinthetraditional,tribalcultureofhisancestors,butatanearlyagel
5、earnedthemodern,inescapablerealityofwhatcametobecalledapartheid,oneofthemostpowerfulandeffectivesystemsofoppressioneverconceived.Inclassicallyelegantandengrossingprose,hetellsofhisearlyyearsasanimpoverishedstudentandlawclerkinJohannesburg,ofhisslowpolitic
6、alawakening,andofhispivotalroleintherebirthofastagnantANCandtheformationofitsYouthLeagueinthe1950s.Hedescribesthestruggletoreconcilehispoliticalactivitywithhisdevotiontohisfamily,theanguishedbreakupofhisfirstmarriage,andthepainfulseparationsfromhischildre
7、n.HebringsvividlytolifetheescalatingpoliticalwarfareinthefiftiesbetweentheANCandthegovernment,culminatinginhisdramaticescapadesasanundergroundleaderandthenotoriousRivoniaTrialof1964,atwhichhewassentencedtolifeimprisonment.Herecountsthesurprisinglyeventful
8、twenty-sevenyearsinprisonandthecomplex,delicatenegotiationsthatledbothtohisfreedomandtothebeginningoftheendofapartheid.Finallyheprovidestheultimateinsideaccountoftheunforgettableeventssincehisreleasethatproducedatla
