pickThis is like nothing else I‘ve read. A Syrian teen, who thinks differently, maybe through learning disabilities or neurodiverse, who just wants to walk and draw and take comfort in The Little Prince, but is tied and has no voice, in a world that makes no sense. It‘s a really tough, disorientating book. Pure horror.
One of the scenes that will stay with me were the disproportionate deaths of women after gas attacks-because it wouldn‘t have been
I was pleased to see this on the list for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. Hadn‘t realised when I started that Samar Yazbek was the author of The Crossing - a more journalistic nf about the Syrian war, but equally devastating.
This is my #ReadingAsia2021 read for #Syria. Thanks to #NetGalley and #WorldEditions for an advanced copy ebook for review. 3y