He is also the author of the novels the half man and central square, and the works of nonfiction the unwinding. Based on the article george packer wrote for the new yorker, betrayed. Kennedy award, and, most recently, the assassins gate fsg, 2005, which was a new york times best book of the year. It will have its world premiere in january 2008, offbroadway at the culture project. Iscriviti a prime tutte le categorie vai ricerca ciao, accedi account e. I very much enjoyed this piece, because it seems to fit with the thoughts you expressed in your book the assassins gate, which i read with. Artikelen van george packer koop je eenvoudig online bij. Millions of iraqis, spanning the countrys religious and ethnic spectrum, w. The story of how george packers play betrayed was produced would be a dream if it werent borne of a reality thats so maddening and so. George packer born august, 1960 is an american journalist, novelist, and playwright.
Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. The new yorker staff writer george packer answers readers questions about his article betrayed, from the issue of april 2, 2007. Millions of iraqis, spanning the countrys religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of saddam hussein. Based on george packers account in the new yorker, betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the iraqis own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. George packer follows his national book awardwinning the unwinding with a.
Based on george packer s account in the new yorker, betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the iraqis own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. Play recounts stories of iraqis betrayed january 24, 2008 during his most recent visit to iraq, new yorker writer george packer focused on stories of iraqis who have worked as translators. The new yorker, betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the iraqis own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. The assassins gate fsg, 2005, which was a new york times best book of the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. As a huge fan of the generation kill miniseries still havent read the book, im terrible and wishing that i understood more about the middle east in general, it was incredibly interesting to see the conflict and the events in iraq from a differentnamely, nativeperspective. Based on packer s account in the new yorker, betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the iraqis own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. He is also the author of two novels and a play, betrayed, winner of the 2008 lucille lortel award, and the editor of a twovolume. In the stanford performance of betrayed, george packer tells the sad story of iraqi interpreters and drivers abandoned by the americans. Richard holbrooke and the end of the american century. George packer has 23 books on goodreads with 54529 ratings. George packer is a staff writer for the new yorker and the author of the assassins gate.