No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison

by Behrouz Boochani

Book Overview

"Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man." -- From the Foreword by Man Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan

In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia.

He has been there ever since.

This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi.

It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487006837
• ISBN13: 9781487006839
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Anansi International
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

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This book has both impactful prose and verse which together knit a narrative in the most raw form. It gives details about what it means to be a refugee, along with musings inside the camp.