UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34031195
Umfang:
237 Seiten
ISBN:
9781101971550
Originaltitel:
Dark crossing
Inhalt:
" LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Transports readers into a world few Americans know —,i〉Washington Post Promises to be one of the most essential books of 2017 —,i〉EsquireA timely new novel of stunning humanity and tension: a contemporary love story set on the Turkish border with Syria. Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause. An Arab American with a conflicted past, he is now in Turkey, attempting to cross into Syria and join the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime. But he is robbed before he can make it, and is taken in by Amir, a charismatic Syrian refugee and former revolutionary, and Amir's wife, Daphne, a sophisticated beauty haunted by grief. As it becomes clear that Daphne is also desperate to return to Syria, Haris's choices become ever more wrenching: Whose side is he really on? Is he a true radical or simply an idealist? And will he be able to bring meaning to a life of increasing frustration and helplessness? Told with compassion and a deft hand, Dark at the Crossing is an exploration of loss, of second chances, and of why we choose to believe—, trenchantly observed novel of raw urgency and power."
Inhalt:
Rezension(1): " ELLIOT ACKERMAN , author of the critically acclaimed novel Green on Blue, is based out of Istanbul, where he has covered the Syrian Civil War since 2013. His writings have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications, and his stories have been included in The Best American Short Stories. He is both a former White House Fellow and Marine, and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 26, 2016 The second novel from Ackerman ( Green on Blue ) presents a stark and multifaceted portrait of the civil war in Syria. After working as an interpreter for a Special Forces unit during the Iraq War in exchange for five years in America and citizenship for him and his sister, Iraq-born Haris Abadi travels to the Turkish border with Syria in hopes of joining the fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s repressive regime. But the border is closed. Then his American passport and possessions are stolen, and Haris is forced to remain in Gaziantep, Turkey. There, he finds shelter with Amir and Amir’s wife, Daphne—two Syrian refugees who fled their homeland after their daughter disappeared in a bomb blast that also destroyed their apartment building. The more time Haris spends with the couple, the more he learns about their past—Amir’s former ties to the revolution and Daphne’s fervent belief that their daughter is still alive. Haris’s quest for a cause to believe in takes a deadly turn when Daphne asks him to accompany her to Aleppo in secret to uncover what actually happened to her daughter. Flashbacks to Haris’s experiences during the Iraq War provide context and motive for his restless searching. Ackerman’s station in Istanbul, where he has covered the Syrian civil war since 2013—plus five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan—aptly inform this timely and unsettling novel. Agent: PJ Mark, Janklow &,Nesbit Associates. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 15, 2016 A timely novel about tension at the border between Turkey and Syria--and about the personal costs involved in trying to join the conflict in the Middle East.Although Haris Abadi was born in Iraq, he moved to the United States and became a citizen after the first Iraq War. When the novel begins, he has returned to the Middle East, fueled by restlessness and by a newfound idealism: he finds himself drawn to the establishment of a free and democratic Syria, and this involves a commitment to remove Bashar al-Assad from power. So now, from a backwater town in southern Turkey, he's trying to get into Syria to fight with the Free Syrian Army. Unfortunately, the mysterious man who'd recruited him to fight (and with whom he's only communicated via email) is not being responsive. Haris is stopped unceremoniously at the border and informed that it's closed. This incident sets in motion the rest of Ackerman's narrative, for while the war in Syria remains close but abstract, the journey across the Turkish-Syrian border is immediate and problematic. He links up with Saied and Athid, two unsavory types who promise him safe passage, but they sell him out to the border guards, yet one more example of the difficulty and corruption Haris faces as he tries to cross the border. The drama intensifies when he meets up with Amir and Amir's beautiful wife, Daphne, who have lost a daughter in the fighting around Aleppo. While Amir tries to make arrangements (via strategic use of bribery) to ensure Haris' safe passage into Syria, Daphne faces a difficult decision: to remain with her husband or to stay with Haris on his quest to enter Syria and thus return to Aleppo. As he did in his first novel, Green on Blue (2015), former Marine and current Middle East scholar Ackerman explores territory familiar to him but uncharted to most of us. Ackerman humanizes a war fraught with tragedy and seemingly without resolution. COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2016 A much-decorated soldier who served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ackerman has been reporting on the Syrian civil war from Istanbul since 2013, and his debut novel, Green on Blue, received strong reviews last year. His second novel features Arab American Haris Abadi, in Turkey with the intent of crossing the border and joining the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime. He is taken in by former Syrian revolutionary Amir, now a refugee, and his cultured wife, Daphne, whose anguished longing to return home compels Haris to examine his own reasons for having placed himself in the crosshairs. Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. "
Anmerkung:
Auszeichnungen: National Book Foundation:National Book Award Finalist
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〈b〉Originalausgabe in englischer Sprache!〈/b〉
Sprache:
Englisch
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