The Mediterranean Wall
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A staggeringly powerful story of migration, struggle and sisterhood, weaving together the stories of three women with very different backgrounds but one shared goal: to reach safety in Europe
Dima fled war in Syria.
Semhar is running from conscription in Eritrea.
Shoshana was driven from Nigeria by climate change and drought.
Their stories are three modern-day odysseys; three journeys through unimaginable pain and hardship in the hope of reaching safety; three tales of struggle and bravery that reach a dramatic and deadly climax on a crowded migrant boat in the middle of a stormy sea.
Louis-Philippe Dalembert is an award-winning Haitian poet and novelist, who writes in both French and Haitian Creole. His works have been translated into several languages. The Mediterranean Wall was longlisted for the Goncourt Prize and is the first of his novels to be translated into English. He now divides his home between Berlin, Paris and Port-au-Prince.
Marjoljin de Jager
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Marjolijn de Jager is a literary translator with a special interest in Francophone African literature, both Sub-Saharan and from the Maghreb. She translates from her native Dutch and from French, and has won several awards for translations of both poetry and fiction. She teaches in the translation studies program at New York University.
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