Sea Prayer - Arabic Edition
Descriere
Text in Arabic. A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that citys swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdis, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe.
Despre autor
Khaled Hosseini este un scriitor afgan-american și medic, originar din Afghanistan. După ce a absolvit facultatea, a profesat ca medic în California, o ocupație pe care el o aseamănă cu "o căsătorie aranjată". A publicat trei romane a căror acțiune se întâmplă în mare parte în Afganistan. Ca urmare a succesului cu romanul său de debut, Vânătorii de zmeie, decide să își încheie cariera de medic și devine scriitor.
