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The Optician of Lampedusa

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Optician of Lampedusa

By Emma-Jane Kirby

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About the book

'Poetically written, absorbing, harrowing' The Times'The raw and emotional account of an optician whose family fishing trip suddenly placed him amid the human tragedy of hundreds of drowning migrants is a story that needed to be told' Fiona Wilson, The Times'An important book ... I cried all the way through' Tracy ChevalierFrom an award-winning BBC journalist, this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about human fellowship and the awakening of courage and ...Show more

Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
Refugees and political asylum
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages

Book details

ISBN

9780141985220

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Optician of Lampedusa

Format

Paperback

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