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What strange paradise, Omar El Akkad

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"More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one has made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials but of Vänna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though she and the boy are complete strangers, though they don't speak a common language, she determines to do whatever it takes to save him. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of the boy's life and of how he came to be on the boat; and we follow the girl and boy as they make their way toward a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world, it is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair--and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one"--
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
235 pages
Isbn
9781984899248
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What strange paradise
Title
What strange paradise
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Omar El Akkad
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one has made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials but of Vänna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though she and the boy are complete strangers, though they don't speak a common language, she determines to do whatever it takes to save him. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of the boy's life and of how he came to be on the boat; and we follow the girl and boy as they make their way toward a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world, it is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair--and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one"--
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1982-
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El Akkad, Omar
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3605.L12
LC item number
W48 2021
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Refugees
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Children
  • Islands
Target audience
adult
Label
What strange paradise, Omar El Akkad
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
on1258120499
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
235 pages
Isbn
9781984899248
Lccn
2020021749
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1258120499
Label
What strange paradise, Omar El Akkad
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1258120499
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
235 pages
Isbn
9781984899248
Lccn
2020021749
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1258120499

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