{"product_id":"to-sir-with-love-e-r-braithwaite","title":"To Sir With Love (E. R. Braithwaite)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A milestone in the campaign for racial equality' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instil discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and inspiring' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eE. R. Braithwaite was born 1922 in British Guiana and educated in British Guiana and the United States. He served in the R. A. F. His publications include \u003ci\u003eTo Sir with Love: Experiences While Teaching in a London School\u003c\/i\u003e (1959); \u003ci\u003ePaid Servant: A Report about Welfare Work in London\u003c\/i\u003e (1962); \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Home-Coming: A Visit to Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1963); \u003ci\u003eA Choice of Straws \u003c\/i\u003e(1965).\n\u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eCrossing the River\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1993) and \u003ci\u003eA Distant Shore\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2004). Phillips has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the PEN Open Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, as well as being named the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year 1992 and one of the \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e Best of Young British Writers 1993. He has also written for television, radio, theatre and film.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65904418914653,"sku":"K051434071","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5143407100001A.jpg?v=1789231227","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/to-sir-with-love-e-r-braithwaite","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}