A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution - Tapa blanda

Yazbek, Samar

 
9781908323125: A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution
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ISBN 10: 1908323124 ISBN 13: 9781908323125
Editorial: Haus Publishing, 2012

Sinopsis

March 2011. Seemingly out of nowhere, a small demonstration by young people in Dar’a lights the touch paper and ignites the country. The demonstrations and the Assad regime’s brutal response intensify until the country is consumed by the next popular revolution of the Arab Spring.

A Woman in the Crossfire is Samar Yazbek’s haunting account of her experience of the uprising. Denounced by her family and clan for her vocal opposition to the regime, forced to live on the run with her daughter and detained on multiple occasions by the authorities, she continued to record the testimonies of figures in the Opposition, documenting their role and hers in the burgeoning movement. Yazbek captures it all in the poetic language of a woman trying to come to terms with the horrific scenes being played out on the streets of the country she loves.

This is a wholly unique perspective on a devastating conflict and a moving testament to the courage and vision of the Syrian people.

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Born in 1970 in Kable, in the Alaouite region of Syria, Samar Yazbek studied literature before becoming a journalist and a script writer for Syrian and cinema. Her novels include Child of Heaven, Clay, Cinnamon (forthcoming from Haus, 2013), and In Her Mirrors.


Samar Yazbek is a Syrian writer and journalist, born in Jableh in 1970. She is the author of several works of fiction. An outspoken critic of the Assad regime, but also of what she identifies as erroneous perceptions of ideological conformity within the Syrian Alawite community, Yazbek has been deeply involved in the Syrian uprising since it broke out in March, 2011. Fearing for the life of her daughter she was forced to flee her country and now lives in hiding. Yazbek was awarded the PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage Award in 2012, awarded to an author of outstanding literary merit who casts an 'unflinching' eye on the world. She is also the author of the novel Cinnamon (2012).

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Editorial
Haus Publishing
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1908323124
ISBN 13 
9781908323125
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
270
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