{"product_id":"pride-and-pain-in-difficult-basil-fernando-9780692831977","title":"Pride and Pain in Difficult Times: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary collection of poems by global human rights activist, author and jurist, Basil Fernando bears witness to one of the most harrowing clashes in South Asian history. Bringing an utterly human voice to Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war, Fernando evokes the imagery and testimony of a people and a land brutalized by a corrupt and immoral regime. Part reportage, part literary reflection, \u003cem\u003ePride and Pain in Difficult Times \u003c\/em\u003eis a timely collection about Fernando's homeland and exile, and a stark reminder that the dismantling of an authoritarian power is possible only though the heroic resistance of individuals who refuse to accept a death sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2014 Basil Fernando was awarded the 'alternative Nobel Prize, ' \u003cstrong\u003eRight Livelihood Award\u003c\/strong\u003e for, \"his tireless and outstanding work to support and document the implementation of human rights in Asia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Basil Fernando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692831975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692831977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belle Marquise Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Basil Fernando","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473895047423,"sku":"9780692831977","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c72e6573-61db-4e8e-b9d6-ccdfc775e106.jpg?v=1762313607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pride-and-pain-in-difficult-basil-fernando-9780692831977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}