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The Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy's Journey of Escape to a New Life

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Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. Smuggled into Iran, Gulwali began a twelve month odyssey across Europe, spending fime in prisons, suffering hunger, making a terrying journey acrooss the Mediterranean in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate maonth in the camp at Calais. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, no longer an innocent child but still a young boy alone. In Britain he was lostered, sent to a good school, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012.rnrnGulwali wants to tell his story - to bring to life the plight of the thousands of men, women, and children who are making this perilous journey every day. One boy's experience is the central story of our times. This memoir celebrates the triumph of courage and determination.

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823 PAS l

Publisher

London : Atlantic Books., 2015

Collation

384 p.: ill.; 24 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-178-2398455

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English Fiction/Fiksi Inggris, Prosa Ing

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Edition

2015

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English Fiction

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