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The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted The War chronicles the struggles of a family in the midst of the Syrian civil war. Told mainly from the perspective of Adam, a young man with Asperger syndrome, it achieves the dignity of a true report from an unpredictable and frightening place.
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About the Author
Sumia Sukkar is a 21-year-old British writer of Syrian-Algerian ancestry. She lives between London and Dubai and currently works for Abu Dhabi Film Festival. 'The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted The War' is her debut novel.
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Adam is a 14-year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome trying to understand the Syrian conflict and its effect on his life, so he paints his feelings. Yasmine, his beautiful older sister devotes herself to Adam, sacrificing her true happiness as she tries to protect the ones she loves. But Yasmine herself has to cope with her own traumas when she is taken by soldiers. Their three brothers, too, struggle - on whether or not to take sides, and the consequences of their choices.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fiction. Young Adult. Middle Eastern Studies. Adapted into a BBC Radio 4 play, this powerful and deeply moving novel chronicles the Syrian War through the eyes of 14 year old Adam who has Asperger's Syndrome. A gifted artist, Adam expresses the intimate sufferings of his family as they struggle through the Syrian conflict by painting with whatever materials he can find. Having been dependent on his family all his life, he must now cope with separation and loss including the fates of his devoted sister and brothers who are caught up in the acceleration of events and forced to live out the consequences both of their own choices and those made for them. The frightening and unpredictable changes, not only for Adam's family, but also for a once beautiful city and a whole nation, are unfolded with compassion, wit and imaginative force through a spectrum of shifting colours, moods and atmospheres. The novel blends political events, emotional drive and Arabian tradition through a unique perspective, whilst reminding the reader that what human beings really need is dignity, security and love. Seller Inventory # CIN1908998466VG
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