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The morning they came for us : dispatches from Syria / Janine di Giovanni.
Title:
The morning they came for us : dispatches from Syria / Janine di Giovanni.
Author:
Di Giovanni, Janine, 1961- author.
ISBN:
9780871407139
Edition:
First American edition.
Physical Description:
xvii, 206 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Contents:
Damascus : Thursday 28 June 2012 -- Latakia : Thursday 14 June 2012 -- Ma'loula and Damascus : June-November 2012 -- Homs : Thursday 8 March 2012 -- Darayya : Saturday 25 August 2012 -- Zabadani : Saturday 8 September 2012 -- Homs, Bab al-Sebaa Street : Sunday14 October 2012 -- Aleppo : Sunday 16 December 2012 -- March 2015.
Abstract:
"Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawing from years of experience covering Syria for Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and the front pages of the New York Times, award-winning journalist Janine di Giovanni gives us a tour de force of war reportage, all told through the perspective of ordinary people--among them a doctor, a nun, a musician, and a student. What emerges is an extraordinary picture of the devastating human consequences of armed conflict, one that charts an apocalyptic but at times tender story of life in a jihadist war zone. Recalling celebrated works by Ryszard Kapus'cin'ski, Philip Gourevitch, and Anne Applebaum, The Morning They Came for Us, through its unflinching account of a nation on the brink of disintegration, becomes an unforgettable testament to resilience in the face of nihilistic human debasement, "--Amazon.com.