The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur (Kindle Edition)
by admin, on May 20, 2009 | category: Translators, Darfur, Edition, Kindle, Memoir, Translator, Tribesman's | 10 comments
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. “Unique,” a word avoided by most journalists, is just the first to describe this heart-stopping memoir, written by a native Darfuri translator who, after escaping the massacre of his village by the genocidal Janjaweed, returned to work with reporters and UN investigators in the riskiest of situations. Taking readers far from their comfort zones, Hari charts the horrific landscape of genocide in the stories of refugee camp survivors: “It is inte (more…)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book for teens
I’d recommend this book for teens who are old enough to understand what is going on in Darfur but don’t want to read a book filled with political mumbo jumbo.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
I was looking for a moving memoir along the lines of “A Long Way Gone” but this definitely wasn’t it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent look at life in conflict-ridden Darfur
This memoir mainly focuses on the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Daoud Hari not only speaks of his own life, work, and adventures but also tells many stories of those he…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Humanity in Devastation
In another time I would never have heard of Daoud Hari, but he likely would be known in his own village as an educated man who knows many stories from other lands.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much More than a Memoir
Daoud Hari’s memoir, as told to Megan McKenna, is one of the most beautiful and moving books I have read in this young century.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Translator
In The Translator, Daoud Hari, a Zagawa tribesman from the Darfur region of Sudan recounts his personal experiences of the horrors of the conflict there – the genocide that…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartbreaking
For those of us living in the United States, the suffering that goes on in other parts of the world is unimaginable.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very readable
The subject of Darfur is deep and disturbing, but this author speaks simply and without the preaching I would have expected from such a close, first hand account.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stark Reality – Hard to Believe
This book is mesmerizing in it’s simplicity. The story is told so matter of factly that it is chilling.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn’t put it down!
Normally “I couldn’t put it down” is something I say about a novel. This true account of the author’s life in the Sudan, Darfur, was spellbinding.