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Welcome to Paradise - A Novel - cover

Welcome to Paradise - A Novel

Mahi Binebine

Translator Lulu Norman

Publisher: Eland Publishing

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Summary

Welcome to Paradise opens a window into the hearts and minds of a small group of African would-be emigrants, waiting on the beach in Morocco for a boat that will take them to a new life in Europe. As we shelter with them in the darkness, we hear of the cruelty, misfortune and grinding poverty which has compelled them here, to pit themselves against the dangers of the sea and the coastguards who patrol it. Tense, dramatic and deeply compassionate, Welcome to Paradise is a striking tale of human desperation and of the media-fuelled fantasies of Western life that rarely fulfil their promise yet hold a fatal allure.
Available since: 03/31/2025.
Print length: 171 pages.

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