What Strange Paradise

A novel

Hardcover, 256 pages

Published July 20, 2021 by Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-525-65790-3
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reviewed What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

Memorable and important

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A book that dives into the migrant crisis like few others do. The story begins when bodies wash up on the shores of a small island. In alternating chapters, the situation unfolds either from the perspective of young migrant Amir, or from the perspective of the girl who shelters him, speaks a different language, and zigzags around the authorities to keep him safe. A beautiful and difficult book, haunting and devastating, that navigates a political and personal storyline.