Friday, August 26, 2011
GIVEAWAY IN THE SEA THERE ARE CROCODILES
Book Description:
When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen.
Along the way, Enaiat endures the crippling physical and emotional agony of dangerous border crossings, trekking across bitterly cold mountain pathways for days on end or being stuffed into the false bottom of a truck. But not everyone is as resourceful, resilient, or lucky as Enaiat, and there are many heart-wrenching casualties along the way.
Based on Enaiat’s close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda and expertly rendered in English by an award- winning translator, this novel reconstructs the young boy’s memories, perfectly preserving the childlike perspective and rhythms of an intimate oral history.
Told with humor and humanity, In the Sea There Are Crocodiles brilliantly captures Enaiat’s moving and engaging voice and lends urgency to an epic story of hope and survival.
Thanks to Doubleday I have 2 copies of this book to giveaway. This will be open to U.S. residents only. No P.O. Boxes. This will start today, Saturday, August 27th and I will use a randomizer on Saturday, September 17th.
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This sounds like a good book and love to win it.
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This book sounds so good and thank you for the opportunity to win a copy to read.
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Hope all is going well Aoffering this in the contest.Sounds great!
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