by Louis Fischer · Salvat. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788434591325
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«Gandhi» is the biography of Mahatma Gandhi written by Louis Fischer, published by Salvat in 1995 in hardback (221 pages, in Spanish).
The book traces the life of Mahatma Gandhi, from his education to his role as leader of the movement for Indian independence. Louis Fischer sets out the keys to his philosophy of non-violent resistance and explains how that doctrine shaped the struggle for civil rights and social justice in the twentieth century.
It belongs to the Grandes Biografías collection, number 18. Translation by León Mirlas. The cover title appears as Ghandi.
A work for those interested in the history of India, pacifism and biographies of key twentieth-century figures.
Louis Fischer was an American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography.
