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The Mediterranean Wall / a novel by Louis-Philippe Dalembert ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager.
Van Pelt Library PQ3949.2.D25 M8713 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalembert, Louis-Philippe, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Mur Méditerranée. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Women.
- Refugees--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Refugees.
- Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects--Fiction.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.
- Refugees--Social conditions.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Mediterranean Region--Fiction.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 349 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- English langauge edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, Arizona : Schaffner Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- An epic narrative of three immigrants' exodus from war, famine, poverty, and the ravages of climate change, to Europe in search of a better life. Following the lives of three women in their flight from their respective homelands, this story depicts their struggle and the bond they form together in their attempt to cross the sea via an overcrowded, dilapidated fishing trawler. Based on true events that occurred in the summer of 2014 off the coast of Italy.
- Contents:
- Cast Off!
- Part One: Shoshana
- Departure
- On the Road
- The Leader
- The Ghetto
- Welcome to Libya
- The Big Day
- On Board the Trawler
- If I Forget You, Jerusalem
- Between Hold and Deck
- First Hits
- Mutiny
- Part Two: Semhar
- The Decision
- Departure Night
- The Container
- The Beating
- Disappearance
- Nausea
- Brawl
- The Slaves' Chorus
- Drownings
- 'Everyone Does That Over There'
- The Idea
- Part Three: Dima
- The Beginning of the End
- On the Road to Damascus
- The Decision
- Explorations
- The Onslaught
- Naval Battle
- SOS Mediterranean
- The Rescue
- Terra Firma
- References
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author and Translator
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover.
- Originally published in France in 2019 under the title Mur Méditerranée by Sabine Wespieser Éditeur.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781943156962
- 1943156964
- OCLC:
- 1264179581
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