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Welcome to paradise
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Portland, Or. : Berkeley, CA : Tin House Books ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, 2012.
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173 pages ; 20 cm.
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Mahi Binebine’s courageous novel takes place in Morocco, where seven would-be immigrants, pulled by the dream of a better life, gather one night near the Straight of Gibraltar, the ten-mile-wide waterway that separates Europe and Africa, to wait for a signal from traffickers that it is time to cross. While they wait, their stories unfold: Kacem is an escapee from the civil war in Algeria; Nuara, with her newborn child, hopes to find her husband, who hasn’t been in touch for months since moving to France; and Aziz, the young narrator, and his cousin Reda are severed, in different ways, from their families in southern Morocco. They all share a longing to escape and a readiness to risk everything, but the only person who can help them is Morad, a fast-talking ex-con. Welcome to Paradise delves into a world that most readers know only from stories on the nightly news, delivering a compassionate glimpse into the difficulties facing asylum seekers and a striking portrait of human desperation.
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Book
Edition:
1st North American ed.
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English
ISBN:
9781935639275

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Originally published: London : Granta Books, 2003.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Binebine, M., & Norman, L. (2012). Welcome to paradise. 1st North American ed. Portland, Or. : Berkeley, CA, Tin House Books ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Binebine, Mahi and Lulu. Norman. 2012. Welcome to Paradise. Portland, Or. : Berkeley, CA, Tin House Books ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Binebine, Mahi and Lulu. Norman, Welcome to Paradise. Portland, Or. : Berkeley, CA, Tin House Books ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, 2012.

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Binebine, Mahi. and Lulu Norman. Welcome to Paradise. 1st North American ed. Portland, Or. : Berkeley, CA, Tin House Books ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, 2012.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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