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In the sea there are crocodiles : based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari : a novel / by Fabio Geda ; translated by Howard Curtis.
Van Pelt Library DS371.33.A32 G4313 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geda, Fabio, 1972-
- Standardized Title:
- Nel mare ci sono i coccodrilli. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Akbari, Enaiatollah--Childhood and youth--Fiction.
- Akbari, Enaiatollah.
- Abandoned children--Pakistan--Fiction.
- Abandoned children.
- Human smuggling--Fiction.
- Human smuggling.
- Immigrants.
- Political refugees.
- Afghans.
- Travel.
- History.
- Afghanistan--History--1989-2001--Fiction.
- Afghanistan.
- Akbari, Enaiatollah--Travel.
- Boys--Afghanistan--Fiction.
- Boys.
- Political refugees--Afghanistan--Fiction.
- Afghans--Italy--Fiction.
- Political refugees--Italy--Fiction.
- Immigrants--Italy--Fiction.
- Italy.
- Pakistan.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages : maps ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2011]
- Summary:
- An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live. His mother shepherds him across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there to fend for himself.
- ISBN:
- 9780385534734 :
- 0385534736 :
- OCLC:
- 711777266
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