The Mauritanian

Previously published as Guantánamo Diary this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion pictureThe first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment now with previously censored material restored.Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay in 2002.There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer including months of sensory deprivation torture and sexual assault.In October 2016 he was released without charge.This is his extraordinary story as inspiring as it is enraging. Review A vision of hell beyond Orwell beyond Kafka -- JOHN LE CARRÉAn extraordinary account . . . the global war on terror has found in a Mauritanian captive its true and complete witness ―GuardianUnnerving yet ultimately magnificent . . . there is something special aboutGuantánamo Diary that lifts it from human rights polemic to the realm of literary magic ―Sunday TimesThe work is a kind of dark masterpiece a sometimes unbearable epic of pain anguish and bitter humour ―New York TimesHeartbreaking . . . there has never been a book quite like this . . . extraordinary and overwhelming ―New StatesmanThis Guantánamo detainees harrowing memoir is a tremendous achievement - and a grave warning against ignoring the rule of law ―ObserverThis is a necessary book. It reminds us that the evil were fighting can be found in ourselves as well as our enemies ―Daily TelegraphA sobering often chilling read. Slahis story deserves to be widely read ―IndependentSlahis book offers a reminders that the struggles we face in these difficult times involve real individuals not faceless creatures who are to be characterised as members as one or other hated group. That he has resorted to words the mightiest of weapons even as his incarceration continues makes his experience all the more relevant today ―Financial TimesA harrowing account of [Mohamedou Ould Slahis] detention interrogation and abuse . . . One of the most stubborn deliberate and cruel Guantánamo interrogations on record ―Slate Book Description The international bestseller that set the world on fire told in full: Mohamedou Ould Slahis unflinching account of his fourteen years of detention without charge in Guantánamo Bay About the Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi was born in Mauritania in 1970. He earned a scholarship to study engineering in Germany when he was 18 and lived and worked in Germany and briefly in Canada before returning to Mauritania in 2000. He has been detained in Guantánamo Bay since August 2002.Larry Siems directed the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center where he led PENs ongoing efforts to defend writers facing persecution around the world and protect freedom of expression in the US. He left at the end of 2013 to concentrate on editing Slahis memoir. He is the author ofThe Torture Reportand is a poet and non-fiction writer.