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The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a [[ballpoint pen|biro]] refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.<ref>Sands, Bobby. ''[http://www.mercierpress.ie/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&products_id=180 One Day in My Life]''. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18</ref> and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and political struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the [[blanket protest]] against the removal of prisoners' [[Special Category Status|political status]] by the British Government. |
The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a [[ballpoint pen|biro]] refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.<ref>Sands, Bobby. ''[http://www.mercierpress.ie/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&products_id=180 One Day in My Life]''. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18</ref> and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and political struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the [[blanket protest]] against the removal of prisoners' [[Special Category Status|political status]] by the British Government. |
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== Synopsis == |
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Bobby Sands was twenty-seven years old when he died. He spent almost nine years of his life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. He died, in prison, on 5 May 1981, on the sixty-sixth day of his hunger strike at [[HM Prison Maze|Long Kesh]], outside [[Belfast]]. This book documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands. It is a tale of human bravery, endurance and courage against a backdrop of suffering, terror and harassment. It will live on as a constant reminder of events that should never have happened -- and will hopefully never happen again. |
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Revision as of 09:48, 16 February 2017
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| Author | Bobby Sands |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Mercier Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 118 pp (first new edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-1-85635-349-6 (first new edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 56341882 |
One Day in My Life is an autobiographical novel written by Bobby Sands while serving a fourteen-year sentence at Long Kesh, for possession of a gun as a member of the Irish Republican Army.
The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a biro refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.[1] and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and political struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the blanket protest against the removal of prisoners' political status by the British Government.
Synopsis
Bobby Sands was twenty-seven years old when he died. He spent almost nine years of his life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. He died, in prison, on 5 May 1981, on the sixty-sixth day of his hunger strike at Long Kesh, outside Belfast. This book documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands. It is a tale of human bravery, endurance and courage against a backdrop of suffering, terror and harassment. It will live on as a constant reminder of events that should never have happened -- and will hopefully never happen again.
Footnotes
- ^ Sands, Bobby. One Day in My Life. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18
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