No friend but the mountains : the true story of an illegally imprisoned refugee
Boochani, Behrouz2019
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In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani sought asylum in Australia but was instead illegally imprisoned in the country's most notorious detention centre on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Behrouz Boochani spent nearly five years typing passages of this book one text at a time from a secret mobile phone in prison. Compiled and translated from Farsi, they form an incredible story of how escaping political persecution in Iran, he ended up trapped as a stateless person. This vivid, gripping portrait of his years of incarceration and exile shines devastating light on the fates of so many people as borders close around the world. 'No Friend but the Mountains' is both a brave act of witness and a moving testament to the humanity of all people, in the most extreme of circumstances.
Main title:
No friend but the mountains : the true story of an illegally imprisoned refugee / Behrouz Boochani ; translated by Omid Tofighian.
Author:
Boochani, Behrouz, authorTofighian, Omid, translator
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2019.
Collation:
xiv, 397 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Persian.This translation originally published: Sydney: Picador Australia, 2018.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781529028485 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishPersian
Subject:
Boochani, Behrouz -- ImprisonmentPrisoners' writings, Persian -- Translations into EnglishJournalists, KurdishStateless persons -- Papua New Guinea -- Manus IslandAlien detention centers -- Corrupt practices -- Papua New Guinea -- Manus IslandSocietyNoncitizen detention centers -- Corrupt practices -- Papua New Guinea -- Manus Island
BRN:
2502791
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