The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

by Delphine Minoui

Book Overview

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR

"An urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion." --Susan Orlean

Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui recounts the true story of a band of young rebels, a besieged Syrian town, and an underground library built from the rubble of war

Reading is an act of resistance.

Daraya is a town outside Damascus, the very spot where the Syrian Civil War began...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374115168
• ISBN13: 9780374115166
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.9"