3 books like Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

What to read after Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Gang of One Gary Mulgrew · 2012 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Gang of one is the remarkable true story of one man's journey from a Glasgow orphanage to a notorious gang-infested prison in Texas. Driven by his desire to return to his son in England and haunted by the increasingly frustrating search for his missing daughter, Gary Mulgrew attempts the impossible task of surviving the prison's gang culture. Gary's choice - to walk away and let a man die, or… Shares: Prisons, Prisoners

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde · 1896 · ★ 4.3 · 49p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from HM Prison Reading on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. Shares: Prisons, Prisoners

De profundis Oscar Wilde · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Obra de expiación del escritor irlandés Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Acusado de pederastia, homosexualidad y al borde del suicidio al ser condenado a dos años de prisión, Wilde encuentra consuelo en la meditación del dolor y del sufrimiento a través de la vida, pasión y muerte de un Jesús humanizado. Arrepentido de su oprobiosa culpa, desea rehacer su vida y encontrar una nueva felicidad. Shares: Prisons, Prisoners

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