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020			_a9781529012330
040			_cGZK Library
041			_aEnglish
082			_2Paperback edition _aABM2022/01
100			_aMinoui, Delphin
245			_aThe Book Collectors of Daraya : A band of Syrian rebels, their underground library, and the stories that carried them through a war
246			_aLes Passeurs de livres de Daraya
250			_aEnglish, 20222 paperback edition
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bPicador, _c2022
300			_a197p., illustrated, _c13cmx20cm
500			_aOriginally published in French in 2018 as Les passeurs de livres de Daraya
520			_aIn 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People’s homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope. by the Syrian government forces.
700			_aVergnaud, Lara [Translator]
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