The Resource The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war, Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war, Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
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- Summary
- In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People’s homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published in French in 2018 by Editions du Seuil, France, as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya. First published in English 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. First published in the UK 2020 by Picador
- Isbn
- 9781529012323
- Label
- The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war
- Title
- The book collectors of Daraya
- Title remainder
- a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war
- Statement of responsibility
- Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People’s homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Minoui, Delphine
- Dewey number
- 956.91042314
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Vergnaud, Lara
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Books and reading
- Libraries and society
- Darayyā (Syria)
- Dārayyā (Syria)
- Syria
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war, Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Note
- Originally published in French in 2018 by Editions du Seuil, France, as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya. First published in English 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. First published in the UK 2020 by Picador
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067877900
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781529012323
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1164378816
- Label
- The book collectors of Daraya : a band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war, Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Note
- Originally published in French in 2018 by Editions du Seuil, France, as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya. First published in English 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. First published in the UK 2020 by Picador
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067877900
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781529012323
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1164378816
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