The Book Collectors of Daraya - A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, Stories that

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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

Foreword

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

Additional text

I was so moved by this account of the young rebels of Daraya, Syria, who, in the midst of a four-year blockade by Assad’s forces (including having poison gas used against them), set up a library with books rescued from bombed and destroyed buildings, an underground (in both senses of the word) library that grew to more than 15,000 titles, ranging from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, and everything in between. In this testimony to the power of reading, these lines stood out: ‘Books are their best way to escape the war, if only temporarily. A melody of words against the dirge of bombs.’

Product details

• Authors: Delphine Minoui, MINOUI DELPHINE
• Assisted by: Lara Vergnaud (Translation), Vergnaud Lara (Translation)
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2022
• EAN: 9781529012330
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-1233-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Revolutionary, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Social History, Syria, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Asian History, Modern warfare, True war and combat stories, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019