Sea Prayer
| File:Sea Prayer book cover.jpg First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Khaled Hosseini |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Dan Williams |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
Publication date | August 30, 2018 (UK) September 18, 2018 (US) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 48 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
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| OCLC | 1078664280 |
| 813.6 | |
Sea Prayer is an illustrated novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini inspired by the Syrian refugee crisis and the death of Alan Kurdi. It was first created as a virtual reality experience in 2017,[1] and was published as a book in 2018, illustrated in watercolor by Dan Williams.[2][3]
Plot
[edit | edit source]The book is written in the form of a letter from father to son; the two have fled their home in Homs, Syria due to the Syrian Civil War, and face the dangerous Mediterranean crossing.
Reviews
[edit | edit source]Kirkus Reviews called Sea Prayer "intensely moving" and "powerfully evocative of the plight in which displaced populations find themselves." Publishers Weekly wrote that it "does not dwell on nightmarish fates; instead, its emotional power flows from the love of a father for his son."[4][5]
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