Sea prayer
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin House LLC,
2018.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780525539094 0525539093 9780525539100 0525539107 |
| Author Notes: | While in medical practice, he began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was published in 2003. His other books include A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed. In 2006, he was named a Goodwill Envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. (Bowker Author Biography) |
