{"product_id":"the-question-paperback-1","title":"The Question - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenri Alleg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean-Paul Sartre\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eEllen Ray\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1958, \u003ci\u003eThe Question\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that opened the torture debate in France during Algeria's war of independence and was the first book since the eighteenth century to be banned by the French government for political reasons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture, with unbelievable brutality and sadism. \u003ci\u003eThe Question\u003c\/i\u003e is Alleg's profoundly moving account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Jean-Paul Sartre's preface remains a relevant commentary on the moral and political effects of torture on both the victim and perpetrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Bison Books edition marks the first time since 1958 that \u003ci\u003eThe Question\u003c\/i\u003e has been published in the United States. For this edition Ellen Ray provides a foreword. James D. Le Sueur offers an introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Alleg is a journalist living in Paris and the author of many works in French. Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most influential writers and existentialist philosophers of the twentieth century. Ellen Ray is the coauthor, with Michael Ratner, of \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo: What the World Should Know\u003c\/i\u003e. James D. Le Sueur is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the editor of Mouloud Feraoun's \u003ci\u003eJournal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2000) and the author of \u003ci\u003eUncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693953617983,"sku":"9780803259607","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/056680b02561e68af42771f3d18ce962.webp?v=1765000506","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-question-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}