Joe Meno Between Everything and Nothing recensie en informatie over de inhoud van dit boek over de vlucht van twee Ghanese asielzoekers naar Canada. Op 2 juni 2020 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Counterpoint Press het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse schrijver Joe Meno.
Joe Meno Between Everything and Nothing Recensie en Informatie
Als de redactie het boek gelezen heeft, kun je op de pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van de Between Everything and Nothing, The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum. Het boek is geschreven door Joe Meno. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse schrijver Joe Meno.
Between Everything and Nothing
The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum
- Schrijver: Joe Meno (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: non-fictie
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Counterpoint Press
- Verschijnt: 2 juni 2020
- Omvang: Gebonden Boek
Flaptekst van het boek van Joe Meno
Long before their chance meeting at a Minneapolis bus station, Ghanaian asylum seekers Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal had already crossed half the world in search of a new home. Seidu, who identifies as bisexual, lived under constant threat of exposure and violence in a country where same-sex acts are illegal. Razak’s life was also threatened after corrupt officials contrived to steal his rightful inheritance.
Forced to flee their homeland, both men embarked on separate odysseys through the dangerous jungles and bureaucracies of South, Central, and North America. Like generations of asylum seekers before, they presented themselves legally at the U.S. border, hoping for sanctuary. Instead they were imprisoned in private detention facilities, released only after their asylum pleas were denied. Fearful of returning to Ghana, Seidu and Razak saw no choice but to attempt one final border crossing. Their journey north to Canada in the harsh, unforgiving winter proved more tragic than anything they had experienced before.
Based on extensive interviews, Joe Meno’s intimate, novelistic account builds upon the international media attention Seidu and Razak’s story has already received, highlighting the harrowing journey of asylum seekers everywhere while adding dimension to one of the greatest humanitarian concerns facing the world.