Verlag: CATAPULT Aug 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1933368543 ISBN 13: 9781933368542
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At the beginning of the Afghan war, young Rashid, born in Hamburg to an Indian father and a German mother, travels to India to claim an inheritance. There, he befriends a young Afghan and continues his journey to Peshawar, where he ends up in the middle of an anti-American demonstration. He is arrested, handed over to the Americans, and taken to the notorious Guantanamo.What ensues is a remarkable literary experiment, a novel based on meticulous research. In six scenes, it describes Rashid's life at the camp. Sensitive yet utterly unsentimental, the novel explores the existential consequences of isolation, suppression, and uncertainty -- paralyzing fear, psychotic delusions, manic identification with fellow prisoners, and ultimately, resignation. Written with fierce moral clarity and a remarkable economy of expression, 'Guantanamo' functions as both a political statement and a fascinating examination of the prisoner/jailer relationship.
Verlag: SOFT SKULL PR, 2007
ISBN 10: 1933368543 ISBN 13: 9781933368542
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Über den AutorDorothea Dieckmann is an award-winning author from Germany. Her first novel to be translated into English is Guantanamo, which won the Best Translated Book Award. Tim Mohr is a New York-based t.