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Brothers of the gun : a memoir of the Syrian Civil War / Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399590627 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : One World, 2018.
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| Subject: | Journalists > Biography. Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 956.9104231092 Hisha | 31681010100857 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Featuring evocative ink illustrations by the creator of Drawing Blood, a bracing memoir of the Syrian war from its inception to the present traces the coming-of-age experiences of a young journalist who observes the divergent life paths of his friends. - Baker & Taylor
"Brothers of the Gun is the story of young man coming of age during the Syrian war from its inception to the present. Marwan watched from the rooftops as regime warplanes bombed rebels; as revolutionary activist groups, for a few dreamy days, spray-painted hope on Raqqa; as his friends died or threw in their lot with Islamist fighters. He became a journalist by courageously tweeting out news from a city under siege by ISIS, the Russians, and the Americans, all at once. He watched the country that ran through his veins--the country that held his hopes, dreams, and fears--be destroyed in front of him, and eventually joined the relentless stream of refugees risking their lives to escape. With vivid illustrations that bring to life the beauty and chaos, Brothers of the Gun offers a ground-level reflection on the Syrian revolution--and how it bled into international catastrophe and global war. This is a story of pragmatism and idealism, impossible violence and repression, and, even in the midst of war, profound acts of courage, creativity, and hope"-- - Baker & Taylor
A journalist who came of age on the frontlines of the Syrian War provides a new perspective into the deadly conflict and reveals how profound acts of courage, creativity, and hope can be found, even in the darkest places. - Random House, Inc.
A bracingly immediate memoir by a young man coming of age during the Syrian war, an intimate lens on the centuryâs bloodiest conflict, and a profound meditation on kinship, home, and freedom.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK â¢Â LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD â¢Â âThis powerful memoir, illuminated with Molly Crabappleâs extraordinary art, provides a rare lens through which we can see a region in deadly conflict.ââBryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
In 2011, Marwan Hisham and his two friendsâfellow working-class college students Nael and Tareqâjoined the first protests of the Arab Spring in Syria, in response to a recent massacre. Arm-in-arm they marched, poured Coca-Cola into one anotherâs eyes to blunt the effects of tear gas, ran from the security forces, and cursed the countryâs president, Bashar al-Assad. It was ecstasy. A long-bottled revolution was finally erupting, and freedom from a brutal dictator seemed, at last, imminent. Five years later, the three young friends were scattered: one now an Islamist revolutionary, another dead at the hands of government soldiers, and the last, Marwan, now a journalist in Turkish exile, trying to find a way back to a homeland reduced to rubble.
Marwan was there to witness and document firsthand the Syrian war, from its inception to the present. He watched from the rooftops as regime warplanes bombed soldiers; as revolutionary activist groups, for a few dreamy days, spray-painted hope on Raqqa; as his friends died or threw in their lot with Islamist fighters. He became a journalist by courageously tweeting out news from a city under siege by ISIS, the Russians, and the Americans all at once. He saw the country that ran through his veinsâthe country that held his hopes, dreams, and fearsâbe destroyed in front of him, and eventually joined the relentless stream of refugees risking their lives to escape.
Illustrated with more than eighty ink drawings by Molly Crabapple that bring to life the beauty and chaos, Brothers of the Gun offers a ground-level reflection on the Syrian revolutionâand how it bled into international catastrophe and global war. This is a story of pragmatism and idealism, impossible violence and repression, and, even in the midst of war, profound acts of courage, creativity, and hope.
âA book of startling emotional power and intellectual depth.ââPankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger and From the Ruins of Empire
âA revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time.ââAngela Davis
