Long Walk to Freedom: The
Autobiography of Nelson Mandela :
With Connections (HRW Library) by
Nelson Mandela
A Truly Great Man
The famously taciturn South African president reveals much of himself in
Long Walk to Freedom. A good deal of this autobiography was written
secretly while Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben Island by
South Africas apartheid regime. Among the books interesting revelations
is Mandelas ambivalence toward his lifetime of devotion to public works. It
cost him two marriages and kept him distant from a family life he might
otherwise have cherished. Long Walk to Freedom also discloses a strong
and generous spirit that refused to be broken under the most trying
circumstances--a spirit in which just about everybody can find something
to admire.

Personal Review: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of
Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW Library) by Nelson
Mandela
I just finished reading perhaps the best autobiography I have ever read.
The narrative is heart-wrenching. I cannot believe that it I hadn't read it
before. From the moment I picked this book up, it was exteremely difficult
to put it down. I felt like I was beside Mandela every step of the way as he
narrated ever so beautifully his life from his childhood in Transkei, in
college in Fort Hare, as a lawyer in Jo'burg, and as a prisoner at the
infamous Robben Island. I was sad the book ended so abruptly soon after
Mandela was released, for these were the most trying moment for South
Africa.
If there is ever a book that anyone must read before they die, this is the
book. Absolutley wonderful.
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