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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

By Izgil, Tahir Hamut

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night Sports

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

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A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history *WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK* *WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER G. MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING 2024* 'Essential reading' AI WEIWEI, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows 'Deserves to be read widely' FINANCIAL TIMES As his friends disappeared one by one, it became clear to Tahir Hamut Izgil that fleeing his home in Xinjiang was his family's only hope. In this unforgettable story of courage and survival, Tahir charts the Chinese government's ongoing destruction of the Uyghur community and way of life in spare, gripping, finely tuned prose. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night is an urgent call for the world to awaken to a humanitarian catastrophe, and a moving tribute to those Uyghurs whose voices have been silenced.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2024-08-01
Publication Date:
2024-08-01
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529922755
ISBN13:
9781529922752
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[email protected]
Weight:
197 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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