Notes on a Shipwreck: A Story of Refugees, Borders, and Hope

Author

Davide Enia

Original Work

Notes on a Shipwreck

Translator

Antony Shugaar

Language

English

Year

2019

Publisher

Other Press

Country

United States

Pages

256

ISBN

9781590519080

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On the island of Lampedusa, the southernmost part of Italy, between Africa and Europe, Davide Enia looks in the faces of those who arrive and those who wait, and tells the story of an individual and collective shipwreck. On one side, a multitude in motion, crossing entire nations and then the Mediterranean Sea under conditions beyond any imagination. On the other, a handful of men and women on the border of an era and a continent, trying to welcome the newcomers. In the middle is the author hims— Google Books