No Friend But The Mountains. Writing From Manus Prison

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Picador
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: Reprint

Description: 416 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man. Richard FlanaganIn 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally and indefinitely detained on Manus Island.This book is the result. Written on a smuggled mobile phone and translated from Farsi, it is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through six years of incarceration and exile that - against all the odds - became an award-winning national bestseller.WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIERS LITERARY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE, AND THE PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019WINNER OF THE NSW PREMIERS AWARD 2019 WINNER OF THE ABIA GENERAL NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019INAUGURAL WINNER OF THE BEHROUZ BOOCHANI AWARD FOR SERVICES TO ANTHROPOLOGYFINALIST FOR THE TERZANI PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD 2019PRAISE FOR NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINSBears lucid, poetic and devastating witness to the insane barbarity enacted in our name. Michelle de KretserA poetic, yet harrowing read, and every Australian household should have a copy. Maxine Beneba ClarkeA powerful account ... made me feel ashamed and outraged. Behrouzs writing is lyrical and poetic, though the horrors he describes are unspeakable. Sofie LagunaA shattering book every Australian should read. Benjamin LawA magnificent writer. To understand the true nature of what it is that we have done, every Australian, beginning with the prime minister, should read Behrouz Boochanis intense, lyrical and psychologically perceptive prose-poetry masterpiece. The AgeAn essential historical document. The Australian

ISBN: 9781760784942