Sea Prayer: The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller

Sea Prayer: The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller

by Dan Williams (Illustrator), Dan Williams (Illustrator), Khaled Hosseini (Author)

Synopsis

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations 'The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic - a distillation of his strengths' Sunday Times On a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee. When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Edition: 1
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 30 Aug 2018

ISBN 10: 1526602717
ISBN 13: 9781526602718
Book Overview: A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations

Media Reviews
As moving as any of his novels ... For all its brevity packs a powerful punch * i *
Dan Williams's watercolours are a haunting companion to the contemplative and poetic story ... Opens up many powerful emotions about family, survival and childhood * Observer *
The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic - a distillation of his strengths * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California. khaledhosseini.com @khaledhosseini Dan Williams is a London-based artist whose illustrations accompanied an extract of A Thousand Splendid Suns in the Guardian when it was first published 15 years ago. His work has also appeared in National Geographic, Rolling Stone and the Wall Street Journal, amongst many other publications. dan-williams.net