Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story

ISBN-13: 9781911214502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str.

Hamid Sulaiman

Opis

It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. The town that she lives in is controlled by Assad's brutal regime, but is relatively stable. This story of Syria illuminates a complicated situation in detail.

Recenzje

Urgent, cogent and compelling... Freedom Hospital is genuinely shocking at times, but Francesca Barrie's impressive translation also finds the black humour that tends to have a natural home in graphic novels... Yes, Freedom Hospital is a must read, but its tone, mood and form somehow make it as entertaining as it is informative and thought-provoking. A graphic novel might just be "the" piece of creative writing to come out of the horrifying mess that is Syria in the 2010s. Ben East National

O autorze

Hamid Sulaiman was born in Syria. He was heavily involved in the Arab Spring, spending time in prison for his involvement in peaceful demonstrations, but managed to escape to Egypt before making his way to France. He is currently based in Paris. Freedom Hospital is his first book. Francesca Barrie studied French and Italian at Oxford University, and has an MA in French from University College London. She worked as a translator in Paris and was shortlisted for the Institut Françis's Young Translator of the Year prize, before moving back to London and into book publishing at Penguin Random House. She continues to work in publishing, and lives in London.