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Thomson, Mike.
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Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā (Damascus).
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects.
Dārayyā (Damascus, Syria) -- Social life and customs.
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Thomson, Mike.
Libraries -- Social aspects -- Syria -- Dārayyā (Damascus).
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects.
Dārayyā (Damascus, Syria) -- Social life and customs.
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Syria
's
secret
library
:
reading
and
redemption
in a
town
under
siege
/ Mike Thomson.
by
Thomson, Mike.
Public Affairs, 2019.
Call #:
956.910423 T484s
Subjects
Libraries -- Social aspects --
Syria
-- Dārayyā (Damascus).
Syria
-- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Social aspects.
Dārayyā (Damascus,
Syria
) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781541767621 (hc.)
Edition:
1st US ed.
Description:
305 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd."--Colophon.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303).
Summary:
"Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and
under
the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden
library
. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the
secret
world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries-they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above."--From the publisher.
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