The lightless sky : my journey to safety as a child refugee
Passarlay, Gulwali2019
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Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of 12, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US army for hiding Taliban fighters. Smuggled into Iran, Gulwali began a 12 month odyssey across Europe, spending time in prisons, suffering hunger, cruelty, brutality, nearly drowning in a tiny boat on the Mediterranean. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, no longer an innocent child but still a boy of 12. Here in Britain he was fostered, sent to a good school, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012. He wants to tell his story - to bring to life the plight of the thousands of men, women and children who risk their lives to leave behind the troubles of their homelands.
Main title:
The lightless sky : my journey to safety as a child refugee / Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri.
Author:
Passarlay, Gulwali, authorGhouri, Nadene, 1975-, author
Edition:
Revised and updated edition.
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2019.
Collation:
386 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2015.
ISBN:
9781786497154 (pbk. :)
Local class:
B PAS PAS
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1894712
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