Hinterland
Author(s): Caroline Brothers
An exquisite, unsettling novel about refugees and what it is to be underage, homeless and invisible in a foreign land.
Two young boys cross a river in the middle of the night. The river is also a border, and their lives depend on this journey. With nothing but the clothes on their back, Aryan and his little brother Kabir travel by truck, boat, train, bus and on foot across a Europe they desperately hope will offer them a future they can no longer wait for in Afghanistan. Kabul-Tehran-Istanbul-Athens-Rome-Paris-London - this is the route they cling to, the mantra they repeat in their prayers, and the only option they can see before them. Hinterland is the story of two ordinary brothers whose courageous gamble for a better life brings home the devastating human consequences of war.
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A heart-wrenching story of two young brothers on a long, hard road; a story that all of us should read Barbara Trapido
Heart-wrenching ... a novel everyone should read Daily Mail
A moving account ... Brothers' elegant prose holds sentimentality at bay, complimenting some impressive reportage Financial Times
Visceral and moving Independent
An illuminating and timely story ... a book that haunts and shames in equal measure Guardian
Brothers does a fine, gripping job of conveying the immensity and hardship of the journey that many illegal immigrants ... an assured first novel Metro
Brother's puts a very human face on the migrant children's story in her debut novel ... tragic but beautifully told Courier Mail
Caroline Brothers was born in Australia. She has a PhD in history from University College London and has worked as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Latin America. She currently lives in Paris where she writes for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. She has published a book, War and Photography, and also writes short stories. Hinterland is her first novel.
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 31 December 2012
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : 823.92
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Caroline Brothers