Dan Williams

Na měsícem osvětlené pláži otec drží svého spícího syna a čeká, až pro ně s rozbřeskem připluje loď. Hovoří k němu o dávných létech svého dětství, vzpomíná na dědečkův dům v Sýrii, vítr ve větvích olivovníků, mečení babiččiny kozy a hlomoz z kuchyně. Vzpomíná také na rušné město Homs s jeho přeplněnými uličkami, mešitou a velkým tržištěm, ve dnech před tím, než obloha vybuchla bombami a všichni museli utéct. Svůj výnos z této knihy daruje Khaled Hosseini Úřadu Vysokého komisaře OSN pro uprchlíky (UNHCR) a neziskové nadaci The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, aby pomohl financovat úsilí o záchranu života uprchlíkům po celém světě. Khaled Hosseini, nejprodávanější spisovatel dle žebříčku New York Times, autor knih Lovec draků, A hory odpověděly a Tisíce planoucích sluncí reaguje na současnou uprchlickou krizi touto hluboce dojemnou, nádherně ilustrovanou krátkou novelou pro lidi celého světa a všech věkových kategorií.

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrationsOn a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee. When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrationsOn a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee. When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrationsOn a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee. When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.