Syrian notebooks : inside the Homs uprising January 16-February 2, 2012 / Jonathan Littell ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
Publisher: London : Verso, 2015Description: 246 pages : maps.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781688243.Uniform titles: Carnets de Homs. English Subject(s): Littell, Jonathan, 1967- -- Travel -- Syria | Revolutions -- Syria -- History -- 21st century | Civil war -- Syria -- History -- 21st century | War and society -- Syria -- Homs -- History -- 21st century | Syria -- History, Military -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 956.91042 Summary: "In 2012, Jonathan Littell went to the heart of the Syrian conflict, embedding himself with the Free Syria-Army in the historic city of Homs. He watched from the front line as the city was ruthlessly pummeled by Assad's forces before it finally surrendered. His urgent notebooks of what he saw on the ground speak directly of the horrors of the civil war that continues today. Out of the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters."-- Provided by publisher (reduced).Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Translation of: Carnets de Homs : 16 janvier-2 février 2012; first published: Paris : Gallimard, 2012.
"In 2012, Jonathan Littell went to the heart of the Syrian conflict, embedding himself with the Free Syria-Army in the historic city of Homs. He watched from the front line as the city was ruthlessly pummeled by Assad's forces before it finally surrendered. His urgent notebooks of what he saw on the ground speak directly of the horrors of the civil war that continues today. Out of the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters."-- Provided by publisher (reduced).