《A Long Walk to Freedom》是一本由Nelson Mandela著作，Little, Brown and Company出版的Mass Market Paperback图书，本书定价：GBP 7.34，页数：896，特精心从网络上整理的一些读者的读后感，希望对大家能有帮助。
《A Long Walk to Freedom》精选点评：
●政治人物的传记里难得一本很厚，但是很值得看的。是一本很真诚，也很谦虚的书，从小时候一直说到第一次南非大选，有他两任夫人和子女的故事，他亲密的战友和朋友，他的敌人和“与敌共舞”和他自身对“自由”理解和争取的慢慢成长和成熟的过程。
● 点评：南非传奇总统曼德拉的自传，其实对身边的大多数人来说，曼德拉的名字虽然如雷贯耳，但是要是让人具体说出他的事迹可能大家都不甚了解，更多的可能还是通过Beyond的那首光辉岁月一般窥豹吧。出身显赫，立志成为著名律师又逐渐走上争取民族权益的道路，27年的牢狱生活，所有这些经历在这本书中都进行了详细的诠释。理想，信念，是支持着所有人前进的动力，对生活永远充满信心和勇气，才铸就了他辉煌的一生。五星推荐阅读。
●我和南非人有很多不解之‘缘’啊… 去年圣诞聚餐，印度裔Marlene对白人被驱逐一事感到大快人心，而作为南非白人Melanie，Rene，Wernard Hayley 通通对黑人执政深恶痛绝，以及甚至不约而同咬定黑人智商低。即使他们得以平等坐在同一餐桌吃饭聊天，但这根深蒂固的歧视和仇恨估计在在这一辈化解不开了…
●compelling，irresistible，wonderful，imposing，riveting，touching，moving，fascinating，这些都是书评上的词汇，我觉得加在一起也丝毫不过分。曼德拉从一个青涩少年最终成长为为了南非自由而抗争的斗士，在重重磨难（尤其是27年的牢狱生涯）中，坚持信念而不屈服，实在令人敬佩。书中关于监狱生活的描写尤其精彩，比《肖申克的救赎》有过之而不及。听着beyond为他所写的《光辉岁月》，看着熟悉的歌词，终于理解了其中的含义，光辉岁月确是他一生的写照。不管是文笔还是内容，都绝不会令人失望，真是一本必读之书！suffer from, struggle with, triumph over !
●就为他在我驻扎坦桑期间的夜晚提供了trivia的好素材并让我屹立不倒处于霸主地位，我也得说一句：Long Live Mandela！
●不懂怎么读传记...
●满满三周读完，不时清晰浮现儿时在《解放日报》上看到他与德克勒克获得诺贝尔和平奖的新闻配图的场景。读完一个人的一生总难免唏嘘，何况是全人类的纳尔逊曼德拉。印象较深的点：年轻时并不是世人印象中那般慈祥温和，内外都不是，其激进的暴力主张是事态发展的核心要素之一；较早就产生了领袖角色的自我定位；个体是前赴后继太多人不懈斗争的缩影（如 Oliver Tambo 和 Walter Sisulu 等都是无比闪耀却易被忽视的名字）；即使在最黑暗的压迫环境中，南非司法依然能保持相对独立，黑人常以此为武器；国际舆论和制裁的压力对（属于其内务的）最终斗争胜利的影响不可低估，亦有提及我国早年对非国大相关人员的协助；南非黑人社群的生活质量历来仍较优于非洲其他地区同阶层，曼德拉年轻时能正装得体，开着车四处奔波。
●剥夺别人自由的人是被锁在偏见和心胸狭窄的铁窗背后的囚犯。获得自由不仅仅是摆脱自己身上的枷锁，而是尊重和增加别人的自由的一种生活方式。献身于自由的考验才刚刚开始。
●An excellent reading experience to understand Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid hero's 27-year-long prison life's striving for South Africa's blackmen's freedom, and his great charisma for his outstanding contributions for the world which inspiring youngsters, feminists and freedom soldiers etc. to fight for their own rights.
●只有读过才能体会到他的真正伟大。Vila Mandela
《A Long Walk to Freedom》读后感(一)：老男人的自白
初读第一章，给人一种“狱中悲怆老男人分裂修饰文”。关于其儿时的描述大多建立在当时的思想的解读，而并非儿时的真正的想法。很少有人能记得儿时对某件事情的真实想法。大多是依照现在的思想和观念来再分析当时情景。但由于深处狱中，可以说自己的事业不知何时能完成的悲怆，造就了这一切。充实但让正常人难以取理解的，又或轻微虚伪的的论调。
《A Long Walk to Freedom》读后感(二)：伟大的灵魂一定是强大的
他在牢里辗转反复地关了27年，在这27年里，他曾经被与世隔绝关到小黑屋里面，曾经年复一年地每天连蔬菜都吃不到，曾经二十多年没有碰过他的妻子，没有见过他的孩子，没能参加他母亲的丧礼，没能参加他儿子的丧礼，但是27年出来之后那份信念依然存在。换成其他人，估计99%的人的意志都被磨平了。只要意志不被打败，只要信念不被放弃，就会有希望。这是我从这本自传里面看到的最闪光的东西。
摘抄几句值得回味的话：
If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent.
All men, even the most seemingly cold-blooded, have a core of decency, and that if their heart is touched, they are capable of changing.
eople must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
《A Long Walk to Freedom》读后感(三)：Encounter Nelson Mandela
As a newly reader of original English editions, I might find it so hard to continually read an 878-page and calming autobiography about a politician, if it is not about Nelson Mandela, a living legend(Please pay attention to ”living”. He is 95 years old. Many think he has gone). I spent 3 months reading. And Long Walk to Freedom was my favorite waste of time. It was mentioned his life, especially countless fights, mild or aggressive, small or huge, anti-violent or violent, individual or joint, in-jail or out-of-jail.
I can still remember when I was in my senior high school there was a passage about him-Elias’ story.
“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”-quoted from Elias’ story. This declaration labeled that Mandela strategized to answer violence with violence to fight against apartheid.
It planted a seed-the image of a freedom fighter, in the back of my heart. From the day I learned this passage to the day I bought this book, the name Nelson Mandela had struck me a few times-when I watched 2012 World Cup, when I listened to Beyond’s song, when I got the quote from Mandela in UN’s microblog (Chinese twitter) on World Press Freedom Day. It seemed like that his mysterious power has been around my life, which made me think of how come a man, who had been in prison for 27 years, still stays optimistic and kind to his enemies？
It is a huge challenge for a 27-year politician prisoner to forgive his enemies. First, you should have a clear picture of how prison life is.
“Prison not only robs you of your freedom. It attempted to take away your identity. Everyone wears the same uniform, eats the same food, follow the same schedule. ”
“Prison is a kind of crucible that tested a man’s character.”
“Every hour seemed like a year.”
Do suffering outdoor construction work in the eye-burnt sun without any eye protection. Humid cells damage your body. Hardly get any information from your family for visits can easily be blocked by prison governors or someone else in upper level. The ｓｃｒｉｐｔ of this book was secretly written on scattered paper difficultly collected. It was a long story.
I figured it out later-that’s the power of faith that supports his forgiveness, the faith to abolish apartheid and build up a democratic and united rainbow nation in South Africa. To achieve this goal, a man is supposed to drop his anger and vintage towards his enemies and try hard softening their hearts.
In the last paragraph of Chapter 94 on page 744, it says “In fact, when one of the guards attempted to prevent some of the nurses from entering my room, I jestingly accused him of being jealous of an old man receiving so much attention from such beautiful young ladies.” At that time, Mandela was in a clinic after his operation for his lung water in Cape Town. Nurses in the clinic cordially invited him to their party, however, the prison authorities refused to the permission for him to go. Feeling sorry about this, the nurses held the party in Mandela’s room, which went under the guards’ eyes.
ix chapters later, I had read about the release of Mandela, which brought tears to my eyes. Finally, finally, for so many effortless tries from your own self and your supporters, you were set free, in 1990. He described the big release scene according to the bit-by-bit shortened distance to the prison gate-clicking cameras, yelling supporters, shouting reporters, tremendous commotion. Actually, it was a huge scene that was beyond his expectation.
It’s not the end of the story. After his release, he bent his back on negotiation with government. This takes a couple of chapters, although they are not as appealing as former ones.
His current life journey can light up every one’s life. Why not list it on your “must-read” paper？ Whatever setbacks you have encountered, read to comfort yourself. A hot potato soon turns into a tiny pain. For example,
you are so far away from home？
“The air of one’s home always smells sweet after one has been away.”
Complain about your living conditions？ Read Long Walk to Freedom.
“Prison not only robs you of your freedom. It attempted to take away your identity. Everyone wears the same uniform, eats the same food, follow the same schedule. ”
It might fail to be your pain killer. If it is the case, find your own pain killer. Read his/her autobiography or what. Believe it or not, it is a good way to draw courage rather than gain it from your own self, especially you are weak-minded.
In the film Invictus, Mandela read the poem below in Robben Island (a terrible prison) and drawn energy from it. Share with you.
Invitus By William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me
lack as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeoning’s of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed
eyond this place of wrath and tear
Looms but the Horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid
It matters not how strait the gate
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul
: 人生的光辉不在于永不坠落，而在于坠落之后总能再度升起。It was said that this sentence is quoted from A Long Walk to Freedom, however, I just failed to find it during my reading. Would anybody be so kind to point it out for me？ Thanks a million.