Name: Sea Prayer
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Author: Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9780525539094

Type

Physical Book

Author

Khaled Hosseini

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.4 x 16.0 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780525539094

Edition No.

Synopsis "Sea Prayer"

An illustrated book on the refugee crisis that will break your heart in under 48 pages, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Intensely moving. . .Powerfully evocative of the plight in which displaced populations find themselves.- Kirkus, STARRED Review Hosseini's story, aimed at readers of all ages, does not dwell on nightmarish fates; instead, its emotional power flows from the love of a father for his son.- Publishers Weekly, STARRED BOX Review A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read writers in the world, with more than fifty-five million copies of his novels sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

Khaled Hosseini

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(Kabul, 1965) se trasladó a Estados Unidos en 1980 y reside actualmente en el norte de California. Sus novelas se han convertido en fenómenos de ventas y han aparecido en más de cincuenta países. En 2006, Hosseini fue nombrado embajador de buena voluntad del ACNUR (Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados) y en 2007 puso en marcha la Fundación Khaled Hosseini, destinada a proporcionar ayuda humanitaria al pueblo de Afganistán para aliviar su sufrimiento y contribuir a crear prósperas comunidades.

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