Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
Autor Mike Thomsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 iun 2019
The
remarkable,
improbable
story
of
a
small,
makeshift
library
in
the
Syrian
town
of
Darayya,
and
the
people
who
found
hope
and
humanity
in
its
books
during
the
four-year
siege
they
endured.
Here, despite a devastating four-year siege, people risked their lives to read. Over a period of more than a year, Mike Thomson heard their extraordinary stories via tenuous Skype calls, emails, social media messages and audio diaries recorded on their mobile phones.
Through the testaments of these clandestine readers, a portrait of a unique rebel enclave emerges, and with it, a richer understanding of their embattled country. Syria's rich literary history has been overshadowed by recent turmoil. But Darayya's hidden collection is a testament to the Syrian people's long, unbreakable pursuit of knowledge, enlightenment and beauty, even in their darkest hours.
When Darayya fell in the summer of 2016, it was the end of the secret library but not the courageous spirit of those who built it. This is a story of hope amid the despair, a glimmer of light in a country long cloaked in darkness.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541767621
ISBN-10: 1541767624
Pagini: 288
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1541767624
Pagini: 288
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
Notă biografică
Mike
Thomsonis
a
reporter
and
presenter
for
radio
and
television
news.
He
has
reported
for
BBC
News
from
most
of
the
world's
most
troubled
and
dangerous
places.
These
have
included:
Syria,
Somalia,
Iraq,
North
Korea,
Afghanistan,
Darfur,
DR
Congo,
Libya,
North
Sinai
and
the
Central
African
Republic.
He
also
writes
regularly
for
several
leading
British
newspapers
includingThe
Sunday
Times,
Sunday
Telegraph,
Daily
MailandThe
Independent.
He
lives
in
London.
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The extraordinary story of how the besieged Syrian town of Daraya found hope and inspiration in a secret underground library
The extraordinary story of how the besieged Syrian town of Daraya found hope and inspiration in a secret underground library