What Strange Paradise

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Omar El Akkad: What Strange Paradise (2021, Pan Macmillan)

256 pages

English language

Published Feb. 4, 2021 by Pan Macmillan.

ISBN:
978-1-5290-6948-8
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A book that dives into the migrant crisis like few others do. The story begins when bodies wash up on the shores of a small island. In alternating chapters, the situation unfolds either from the perspective of young migrant Amir, or from the perspective of the girl who shelters him, speaks a different language, and zigzags around the authorities to keep him safe. A beautiful and difficult book, haunting and devastating, that navigates a political and personal storyline.

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  • American literature