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Sea Prayer

The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller

Khaled Hosseini Dan Williams

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English
Bloomsbury
30 August 2018
A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed, brought to life by the beautiful illustrations of Dan Williams.

On a moonlit beach, a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn 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. He remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee.

When the sun rises, they will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

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Illustrated by:   Dan Williams
Imprint:   Bloomsbury
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   332g
ISBN:   9781526602718
ISBN 10:   1526602717
Pages:   48
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, with over 55 million copies of his books sold in more than 70 countries. The Kite Runner was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. And the Mountains Echoed was chosen for the Richard & Judy Summer Book Club in 2014, and readers voted it as their favourite of all the titles. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California. khaledhosseini.com @khaledhosseini Dan Williams is a London-based artist whose illustrations accompanied an extract of A Thousand Splendid Suns in the Guardian when it was first published 15 years ago. His work has also appeared in National Geographic, Rolling Stone and the Wall Street Journal, amongst many other publications. dan-williams.net

Reviews for Sea Prayer: The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller

As moving as any of his novels … For all its brevity packs a powerful punch * i * Dan Williams’s watercolours are a haunting companion to the contemplative and poetic story … Opens up many powerful emotions about family, survival and childhood * Observer * The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic – a distillation of his strengths * Sunday Times *


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