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The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war / Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.
Title:
The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war / Delphine Minoui ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.
ISBN:
9780374115166
Personal Author:
Minoui, Delphine
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Physical Description:
197 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in French in 2018 by Éditions du Seuil, France, as 'Les passeurs de livres de Daraya.' "
Summary:
"An extraordinary account of a band of young men in a besieged Damascan suburb who find books in the rubble and create a secret library"-- Provided by publisher.
Geographic Term:
Dārayyā (Syria) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century

Dārayyā (Syria) -- Social life and customs

Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Subject Term:
Books and reading--Syria--Dārayyā.

Libraries and society--Syria--Dārayyā.

Libraries -- Social aspects--Syria--Dārayyā.
Added Author:
Vergnaud, Lara
OCLC Number:
on1178869011
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