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Dave Eggers - The Monk of Mokha, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

The Monk of Mokha

Av Dave Eggers

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From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil warMokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U.S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back.The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams.'Extraordinary... No story is more urgent' Observer'Dramatic, aspirational smartly and engagingly written... Exactly what I want to read right now' The Times'The antidote to Trumpism... This is a book that celebrates [the] exuberance of the human spirit' Mail on Sunday'This book... is about the American dream, and the threat that it is under' Spectator'Remarkable... full of derring-do, tenacity and exceptional luck' Metro
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-01-03
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 250 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241975367
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Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Médicis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of ScholarMatch, which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness, a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages. www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.orgwww.826valencia.orgwww.scholarmatch.orgwww.voiceofwitness.orgwww.valentinoachakdeng.orgwww.mcsweeneys.netwww.daveeggers.net

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Readers will never take coffee for granted or overlook the struggles of Yemen after ingesting Eggers's phenomenally well-written, juggernaut tale of an intrepid and irresistible entrepreneur on a complex and meaningful mission, a highly caffeinated adventure story

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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 4/5

  1. 4/5 Lennart L

    Kul med ingående beskrivning av olika marknader för kaffe, odlarens perspektiv samt skildringen av ett äventyr i en helta annan värld - Jemen.

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