| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
229 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm. |
| Physical Medium |
large print (16 point) rdafs |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir |
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Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
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| Note |
"Originally published in French in 2017 by Éditions du Seuil, France, as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya." |
| Summary |
"Daraya is a town outside Damascus, the very spot where the Syrian Civil War began. Long a site of peaceful resistance to the Assad regimes, Daraya fell under siege in 2012. For four years, no one entered or left, and aid was blocked. Every single day, bombs fell on this place--a place of homes and families, schools and children, now emptied and broken into bits. And then a group searching for survivors stumbled upon a cache of books in the rubble. In a week, they had six thousand volumes; in a month, fifteen thousand. A sanctuary was born: a library where people could escape the blockade, a paper fortress to protect their humanity. The library offered a marvelous range of books--from Arabic poetry to American self-help, Shakespearean plays to stories of war in other times and places. The visitors shared photos and tales of their lives before the war, planned how to build a democracy, and tended the roots of their community despite shell-shocked soil. In the midst of the siege, the journalist Delphine Minoui tracked down one of the library's founders, twenty-three-year-old Ahmad. Over text messages, WhatsApp, and Facebook, Minoui came to know the young men who gathered in the library, exchanged ideas, learned English, and imagined how to shape the future, even as bombs kept falling from above. By telling their stories, Minoui makes a far-off, complicated war immediate and reveals these young men to be everyday heroes as inspiring as thebooks they read. The Book Collectors is a testament to their bravery and a celebration of the power of words"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
In English, translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
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Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs.
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Books and reading -- Syria -- Dārayyā.
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Libraries and society -- Syria -- Dārayyā.
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Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā.
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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Large type books.
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Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Libraries and society. (OCoLC)fst00997566
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Libraries -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00997445
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
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Syria -- Dārayyā.
(OCoLC)fst01320208
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Syrian Civil War (Syria : 2011-) (OCoLC)fst01907471
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Vergnaud, Lara, translator.
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| Added Title |
Passeurs de livres de Daraya. English
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Band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war |
| Translation Of: |
Translation of: Minoui, Delphine. Passeurs de livres de Daraya 9782021363029 (DLC) 2017488325 |
| ISBN |
9781432887742 (large print) (hardcover) |
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1432887742 (large print) (hardcover) |
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