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003    OCoLC 
008    170127s2017    xxu           000 0 eng d 
020    9780062654618 
020    0062654616 
041    eng 
082 00 956.9104/231|223 
092 0  956.91|bengelska 
100 1  Pearlman, Wendy,|eauthor 
245 10 We crossed a bridge and it trembled :|bvoices from Syria /
       |cWendy Pearlman 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarperCollins Publishers,|c2017 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Authoritarianism -- Hope disappointed -- Revolution -- 
       Crackdown -- Militarization -- Living war -- Flight -- 
       Reflections 
520    Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana 
       Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime 
       testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of 
       Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, 
       war, and flight. Against the backdrop of the wave of 
       demonstrations known as the Arab Spring, in 2011 hundreds 
       of thousands of Syrians took to the streets demanding 
       freedom, democracy and human rights. The government's 
       ferocious response, and the refusal of the demonstrators 
       to back down, sparked a brutal civil war that over the 
       past five years has escalated into the worst humanitarian 
       catastrophe of our times. Yet despite all the reporting, 
       the video, and the wrenching photography, the stories of 
       ordinary Syrians remain unheard, while the stories told 
       about them have been distorted by broad brush dread and 
       political expediency. This fierce and poignant collection 
       changes that. Based on interviews with hundreds of 
       displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the 
       Middle East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It 
       Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of first-hand 
       testimonials from the frontlines. Some of the testimonies 
       are several pages long, eloquent narratives that could 
       stand alone as short stories; others are only a few 
       sentences, poetic and aphoristic. Together, they cohere 
       into an unforgettable chronicle that is not only a 
       testament to the power of storytelling but to the strength
       of those who face darkness with hope, courage, and moral 
       conviction 
611 27 Civil War (Syria : 2011-)|2fast 
648  7 1900-2099|2fast 
650  0 Protest movements|zSyria|xHistory|y21st century 
650  0 Refugees|zSyria|vInterviews 
650  4 Refugees|zSyria 
650  4 Protest movements|zSyria|xHistory|y21st century 
650  7 Syriska inbördeskriget 2011-|2sao 
650  7 Krig|2sao 
650  7 Proteströrelser|xhistoria|zSyrien|y2000-talet|2sao 
651  0 Syria|xHistory|yCivil War, 2011- 
651  0 Syria|xHistory|y20th century 
651  0 Syria|xHistory|y21st century 
651  4 Syrien 
651  4 Syria|xSocial conditions|y21st century 
651  7 Syria 
655  7 History.|2fast 
655  7 Interviews.|2fast 
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