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The Book Collectors of Daraya - A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War (Paperback)
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The Book Collectors of Daraya - A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R355
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'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and
passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books
and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan
Orlean, author of The Library Book 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. Based on lengthy interviews
with these young men, conducted over Skype by the award-winning
French journalist Delphine Minoui, The Book Collectors of Daraya is
a powerful testament to freedom, tolerance and the power of
literature. Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.
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