The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war
Minoui, Delphine2020
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In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope.
Main title:
The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war / Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.
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Imprint:
London : Pan Macmillan, 2020.
Collation:
196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in French in 2018 by Editions du Seuil, France, as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya. First published in English 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. First published in the UK 2020 by Picador.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781529012323
Dewey class:
956.91042314027.05691
Language:
English
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BRN:
382581
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 027.05691 MIN | Available |