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Syrian notebooks : inside the Homs Uprising January 16-February 2, 2012 / Jonathan Littell ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
"In 2012, Jonathan Littell went to the heart of the Syrian conflict, embedding himself with the Free Syria-Army in the historic city of Homs. He watched from the front line as the city was ruthlessly pummeled by Assad's forces before it finally surrendered. His urgent notebooks of what he saw on the ground speak directly of the horrors of the civil war that continues today. Out of the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters. Syrian Notebooks is the most close-up account of the war, and will be seen as a classic account of war reportage"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781781688243 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 246 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Publisher: London : Verso, 2015.
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| General Note: | Translation of: Carnets de Homs : 16 janvier-2 février 2012; first published: Paris : Gallimard, 2012. |
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| Subject: | Littell, Jonathan, 1967- > Travel > Syria. Civil war > Syria > History > 21st century. Foreign correspondents > Syria > Biography. Revolutions > Syria > History > 21st century. War and society > Syria > Homs > History > 21st century. Homs (Syria) > History, Military > 21st century. Homs (Syria) > Social conditions > 21st century. Syria > History, Military > 21st century. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"In 2012, Jonathan Littell went to the heart of the Syrian conflict, embedding himself with the Free Syria-Army in the historic city of Homs. He watched from the front line as the city was ruthlessly pummeled by Assad's forces before it finally surrendered. His urgent notebooks of what he saw on the ground speak directly of the horrors of the civil war that continues today. Out of the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters. Syrian Notebooks is the most close-up account of the war, and will be seen as a classic account of war reportage"-- - Baker & Taylor
A personal narrative that speaks to the horrors of the Syrian conflict details the author's time in the historic city of Homs as it was ruthlessly pummeled by Assad's forces before surrendering. - Random House, Inc.
A blistering firsthand account of the conflict in Homs by the internationally acclaimed author of The Kindly Ones
âWe fight for our religion, for our women, for our land, and lastly to save our skin. As for them, theyâre only fighting to save their skin.â
In 2012, Jonathan Littell traveled to the heart of the Syrian uprising, smuggled in by the Free Syrian Army to the historic city of Homs. For three weeks, he watched as neighborhoods were bombed and innocent civilians murdered. His notes on what he saw on the ground speak directly of horrors that continue today in the ongoing civil war.
Amid the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters, of families caught within the conflict, as well as of the doctors who attempt to save both innocents and combatants who come under fire. As government forces encircle the city, Littell charts the first stirrings of the fundamentalist movement that would soon hijack the revolution.
Littellâs notebooks were originally the raw material for the articles he wrote upon his return for the French daily Le Monde. Published nearly immediately afterward in France, Syrian Notebooks has come to form an incomparable close-up account of a war that still grips the Middle Eastâa classic of war reportage.
