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Boochani, Behrouz,

No friend but the mountains : writing from Manus Prison / Behrouz Boochani ; translated by Omid Tofighian ; [foreword by Richard Flanagan]. - Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018. - xxxiv, 374 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains. In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. People would run to the mountains to escape the warplanes and found asylum within their chestnut forests. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile. Do Kurds have any friends other than the mountains?

ISBN: 9781760555382 176055538X

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019070163 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Boochani, Behrouz.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Refugees, Kurdish--Biography.
Refugees--Biography.
Alien detention centers--Papua New Guinea--Manus Island.
Political prisoners--Biography.
Journalists--Iran --Biography.
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Australia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: HV640.5.K87 / B44 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 325.210994