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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 (Hardcover) Price: R284
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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 (Hardcover)

Delphine Minoui; Translated by Lara Vergnaud

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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.

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.

General

Imprint: Picador
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2021
Authors: Delphine Minoui
Translators: Lara Vergnaud
Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-1-5290-1231-6
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival
Books > Fiction > True stories > War / combat / elite forces > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN: 1-5290-1231-7
Barcode: 9781529012316

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