{"product_id":"syrian-notebooks-jonathan-littell-9781781688243","title":"Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blistering firsthand account of the conflict in Homs by the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"We fight for our religion, for our women, for our land, and lastly to save our skin. As for them, they're only fighting to save their skin.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2012, Jonathan Littell traveled to the heart of the Syrian uprising, smuggled in by the Free Syrian Army to the historic city of Homs. For three weeks, he watched as neighborhoods were bombed and innocent civilians murdered. His notes on what he saw on the ground speak directly of horrors that continue today in the ongoing civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the chaos, Littell bears witness to the lives and the hopes of freedom fighters, of families caught within the conflict, as well as of the doctors who attempt to save both innocents and combatants who come under fire. As government forces encircle the city, Littell charts the first stirrings of the fundamentalist movement that would soon hijack the revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Littell's notebooks were originally the raw material for the articles he wrote upon his return for the French daily \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. Published nearly immediately afterward in France, \u003ci\u003eSyrian Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e has come to form an incomparable close-up account of a war that still grips the Middle East--a classic of war reportage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Littell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781688249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781688243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Jonathan Littell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685697442047,"sku":"9781781688243","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25203e94-3b8e-4da0-bef5-b1b2ff829fb3.jpg?v=1741726491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/syrian-notebooks-jonathan-littell-9781781688243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}