"A prisoner became a free man; a liberation figure became a passionate voice for reconciliation; a party leader became a president who advanced democracy....He has done so much to change his country, and the world, that it is hard to imagine the history of the last several decades without him." –from the foreword by President Barack Obama
"A literary album...Intensely moving, raw, and unmediated...Provides the fullest picture yet of Nelson Mandela...A necessary book." –
Peter Godwin, The Observer (London) "There are fascinating glimpses of the inner man, and flashes of his celebrated humor....
Conversations presents a Mandela more people may feel they can emulate." –
Chicago Tribune "This book will reduce the reader to both rapture and tears....Deeply moving." –
Financial Times (London) "A truly unprecedented moment in publishing...Stunning...Nothing short of a monumental historical document." –
The Daily Beast "This book will reduce the reader to both rapture and tears." –
Alec Russell, Financial Times "Outstanding for what it offers. . . Its collection of letters and meditations, together with its thorough index and appendix, belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the nature of power and resistance." –
J.M. Ledgard, The New York Times Review of Books