City of Jasmine
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‘A truly gifted writer...[who] has a very bright future ahead of her.’
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A poignant story of three young adults trying to make a future for themselves in war-torn Damascus
Syria - a country at war. Amal, Hammoudi and Youssef are young and ambitious, the face of modern Syria.
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A poignant story of three young adults trying to make a future for themselves in war-torn Damascus
Syria - a country at war. Amal, Hammoudi and Youssef are young and ambitious, the face of modern Syria. But when civil war tears through their homeland, they are left with a horrifying choice: risk death by staying in the country they love, or flee in search of a new life elsewhere?
From one of Germany's most talented literary voices comes this intricately woven story of brutality, loss, and how hope can shine through when darkness feels overwhelming.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oneworld Publications
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781786077035
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Text & Sprache Prize 2018
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‘A truly gifted writer...[who] has a very bright future ahead of her.’
» <i>Yahoo! Voices</i>
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‘Olga Grjasnowa writes from the nerve center of her generation.’
» <i>Die Zeit</i>
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‘Grjasnowa’s measured undemonstrative writing style (the book is beautifully translated from German by Katy Derbyshire) is central to the novel’s success... A significant literary and moral success.’
» <i>Big Issue</i>
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‘There are few authors writing in German as sensuously and vividly as Grjasnowa.’
» <i>KulturSpiegel</i>
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‘Grjasnowa provides a close-as-skin understanding of what it's like to suffer bombardment, torture, and dislocation while remaining human and hopeful... Highly recommended.’
» <i>Library Journal</i>, Reading Around the World: 12 Top Spring Titles for the Library Market
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‘An important and painful book.’
» <i>Deutschlandradio Kultur</i>
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‘Olga Grjasnowa's sentences crack like a whip.’
» <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i>
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‘It is wonderful that there are writers like Grjasnowa who can write brilliantly and decisively about the real world.’
» <i>Brigitte</i>
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‘A dark, tragic story with the resilient light of humanity shining through it... It truly spoke to my soul.’
» <i>Marjorie's World of Books,</i> blog review