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A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War
by Delphine Minoui
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Ahmad takes his time standing up, the book against his chest. His entire body is shaking.
"The same sensation of freedom I felt at my first protest," he whispers through the computer screen.
Ahmad cuts off, his face once again a patchwork of pixels. A detonation has interrupted the internet connection. I stare at the screen. I think I hear a sigh. He takes a big breath and continues his story, giving an inventory of the other books found in the rubble that day: Arabic and international literature, philosophy, theology, science. A sea of information in arm's reach.
"But we had to hurry," he continues. "Planes were rumbling outside. We moved fast, dug up the books, and filled the bed of a pickup to the brim."
Copyright © 2017 by Éditions du Seuil
Translation copyright © 2020 by Lara Vergnaud
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