Sentences and Paroles: A Prison Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921586639 ISBN 13: 9780921586630

Publisher: New Star Books, 1998

Synopsis

"In the polyphony of voices we hear first of all the breaking of silence": so Robert Kroetsch characterises this anthology of prison writing in his foreword to it. From a doctor's account of his required attendance at executions, to prisoners' scribblings censored by the authorities, and an examination of women's experiences as detainees and visitors, this collection illuminates both the suicides and the sometimes equally desperate acts of daytoday survival that make up prison life. The panoply of voices gives us cause to revision time inside and those who are stuck doing it.

About this title

About the Author

P.J. Murphy is the co-author of Life-25: Interviews with Prisoners Serving Life Sentences. He taught in the SFU Prison Education Program until it was cancelled in 1993; he now teaches at the University College of the Cariboo.

Jennifer Murphy is the co-author of Sentences and Paroles: A Prison Reader.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Star Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0921586639
• ISBN 13: 9780921586630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Murphy Jennifer