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Five Years of My Life

An Innocent Man in Guantanamo

Five Years of My Life( )
Author: Kurnaz, Murat
Translator: Chase, Jefferson
As told to: Kuhn, Helmut
Foreword by: Smith, Patti
ISBN:978-0-230-60374-5
Publication Date:Apr 2008
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

The gripping account of an innocent man held prisoner in Afghanistan and Guantanamo for five years

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / General
Political Science / Human Rights
Social Science / Criminology
Law / Military
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.72 x 9.2 x 0.94 Inches
Book Weight:1.012 Pounds
Author Biography
Kurnaz, Murat (Author)
Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1946. She is a singer-songwriter, writer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded twelve albums. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

She has written several books including Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, Auguries of Innocence, M Train, and Just Kids, which won the Nonfiction category of the National Book Award in 2010.

Her drawings, photographs, and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, which is the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic.

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