SuitabookSurvival, displacement and belonging
Ariel is a teenage refugee and sole survivor of an attack, now living with an adoptive family in the United States.
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Andrew Smith - Author
This is an unusual, structurally adventurous story about a refugee rebuilding his life while several other narratives unfold around him. It combines science fiction, historical material, dark humour and emotionally serious questions about survival and disclosure.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an unusual, structurally adventurous story about a refugee rebuilding his life while several other narratives unfold around him. It combines science fiction, historical material, dark humour and emotionally serious questions about survival and disclosure.
Ariel is a teenage refugee and sole survivor of an attack, now living with an adoptive family in the United States.
Ariel reflects on keeping good and awful stories and on the courage and burden involved in sharing them.
Expect intense material: massacres, war, refugee-camp abuse, deaths, shootings, stabbing, bombing, illness and starvation. Strong profanity, drinking, cannabis, smoking and repeated masturbation references are also reported.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.