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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
HTML:When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbaris small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiats remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen.
Along the way, Enaiat endures the crippling physical and emotional agony of dangerous border crossings, trekking across bitterly cold mountain pathways for days on end or being stuffed into the false bottom of a truck. But not everyone is as resourceful, resilient, or lucky as Enaiat, and there are many heart-wrenching casualties along the way.
Based on Enaiats close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda and expertly rendered in English by an award- winning translator, this novel reconstructs the young boys memories,...… (meer)
raton-liseur: Ces deux livres illustrent cette constante que, dans les drames humains à la fois individuels et collectifs, ce ne sont pas les meilleurs qui survivent, seulement les plus chanceux, ceux qui passent à travers les gouttes, ni plus courageux (ni moins), ni plus ingénieux, sans mérite ou propos particulier, seulement les plus chanceux.… (meer)
Limelite: True fiction but much better exploration of the harrowing effects of people fleeing oppression and terror, with the bonus of including how their undertakings can have unexpected and horrifying consequences for those who get involved in helping them.
Gemakkelijk leesbaar verhaal over een Afghaanse jongen die via Pakistan en Turkije in Italie terecht komt. Volgens de achterflap van het boek is het waargebeurd. Veel diepgang heeft het boek niet, maar het gaf me wel inzicht in de omstandigheden van vluchtelingen. ( )
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The thing is, I really wasn't expecting her to go.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
That was when I knew she was still alive, and maybe it was also then that I realised, for the first time, that I was, too. I'm not quite sure how, But I was.
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
HTML:When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbaris small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiats remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen.
Along the way, Enaiat endures the crippling physical and emotional agony of dangerous border crossings, trekking across bitterly cold mountain pathways for days on end or being stuffed into the false bottom of a truck. But not everyone is as resourceful, resilient, or lucky as Enaiat, and there are many heart-wrenching casualties along the way.
Based on Enaiats close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda and expertly rendered in English by an award- winning translator, this novel reconstructs the young boys memories,...