No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison

by Behrouz Boochani, Translated by Omid Tofighian Anansi International 6/4/2019, paperback SKU: 9781487006839   In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. Winner of the Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature, Australia's richest literary prize, No Friend But the Mountains is an extraordinary account -- one that is disturbingly representative of the experience of the many stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. Reviews: "Not for the faint-hearted, it's a powerful, devastating insight into a situation that's so often seen through a political -- not personal -- lens." -- GQ Australia