Delphine Minoui

The Book Collectors of Daraya

A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War
Übersetzer: Vergnaud, Lara

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The compelling story of how a group of young Syrian rebels found hope in the midst of war - hope that came from books

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 129mm x 197mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 166g
• ISBN-13: 9781529012330
• ISBN-10: 1529012333
• Artikelnr.: 62475903

Autorenporträt

Delphine Minoui, a recipient of the Albert Londres Prize for her reporting on Iraq and Iran, is a Middle East correspondent for Le Figaro. Born in Paris in 1974 to a French mother and an Iranian father, she now lives in Istanbul. She is the author of I'm Writing You from Tehran and The Book Collectors of Daraya.

Rezensionen

There is something seductive about the idea of knowledge as a bulwark against brutal force, and it's an idea that immediately resonates with Minoui . . . She makes up for the lack of on-the-ground access with an abundance of attention and empathy. Mythili Rao Guardian