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In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison (edição: 1991)

de Jack Henry Abbott

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A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.… (mais)
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Título:In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison
Autores:Jack Henry Abbott
Informação:Vintage (1991), Edition: Underlined, Notations, Paperback, 192 pages
Coleções:Sua biblioteca
Avaliação:****
Etiquetas:dark-and-or-gritty, narrative-nonfiction, non-fiction

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In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison de Jack Henry Abbott

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    Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars de Kenneth E. Hartman (arethusarose)
    arethusarose: This is a look at maximum-security life from a very fine writer with a different perspective. Hartman's early was rough, but his self-education and developed relationships made a very different person.
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This book has been on my shelf for ~20 years! While I’m sure prison conditions and the dynamics of being incarcerated the way the author described were mostly accurate at that time; however, I don’t buy into his perceived reality. While I believe our US criminal justice system remains flawed, I am annoyed with his grandiose attitude, lack of personal accountability for his choices, victim stance, and glorified/embellished story telling. I hoped to learn something valuable from his experience, but his work does not stand the test of time. ( )
  NatalieRiley | Jun 17, 2023 |
I don't know how to describe this book...it was interesting and informative (in parts), but it was also repetitive and boring (in parts). It was heartfelt and honest and raw, but also preachy and one sided. It is odd reading a book that is culled together from a series of letters, but you are only reading one side of the conversation, it feels as if something is missing. It also felt choppy and disjointed at parts, probably due to the way it was assembled, different passages from different sections of different letters. All in all it was compelling, and makes you wonder if circumstances have changed from how they were portrayed in the book, you like to think yes, but still wonder... ( )
  MrMet | Apr 28, 2023 |
This book was just okay. I am interested in first account stories of people in hard times and thought this might be interesting when I found it at the book rescue. Turns out it is a series of letters from the author to another man. The letters are horrific. The way he has been treated is horrific. If this is how we treat our prisoners, no wonder there is so much bitterness and anger when so many get out. We definitely do not make it easy for people to turn their lives around. He definitely had a lot of anger in him but it sounds like it was justified. Some people never have a chance. It is really sad. This is America, where we all should have a chance. ( )
  KyleneJones | Apr 25, 2022 |
Norman Mailer always was easily impressed. ( )
  Paperpuss | Feb 25, 2019 |
abbott describes the experience of being repeatedly imprisoned throughout his life (beginning in childhood). he also expounds on philosophy and comments on various social ills (violence, racism, capital punishment). it's tough to read (emotionally) but very interesting. ( )
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A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.

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