Book
No friend but the mountains : writing from Manus Prison / Behrouz Boochani ; translated by Omid Tofighian.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487006839 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xii, 398 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Anansi International, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translated from the Farsi. Original manuscript title unknown. "First published in 2018 by Pan Macmillan Pty Ltd."--Title page verso. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 325.210955 Booch | 31681010157626 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile."-- - Perseus Publishing
Winner of Australiaâs richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochaniâs account of his detainment on Australiaâs notorious Manus Island prison. Composed entirely by text message, this work represents the harrowing experience of stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world.
In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi.
It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, No Friend but the Mountains is an extraordinary account â one that is disturbingly representative of the experience of the many stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world.
âOur government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.â â From the Foreword by Man Booker Prizeâwinning author Richard Flanagan
