No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison
Ratings4
Average rating3.3
15
Ratings4
Average rating3.3
"In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. 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."--
Reviews with the most likes.
A very moving, emotional book. While it is important to highlight the plight of refugees and their treatment I found the book a slow read and found it hard to become engaged with the author. While I was shocked and saddened by Behrouz's plight I didn't enjoy the writing style which prevented me from rating it any higher. An important book but unfortunately not one that I became fully engaged in.
