Khaled Hosseini

An illustrated book on the refugee crisis that will break your heart in under 48 pages, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. "Intensely moving. . . Powerfully evocative of the plight in which displaced populations find themselves."- Kirkus, STARRED Review "Hosseini's story, aimed at readers of all ages, does not dwell on nightmarish fates; instead, its emotional power flows from the love of a father for his son."- Publishers Weekly, STARRED BOX Review A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read writers in the world, with more than fifty-five million copies of his novels sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

På en månbelyst strand vaggar en pappa sin sovande son i väntan på gryningen och en båt som ska komma. Han beättar för sin pojke om sin barndoms långa somrar och minns sin farfars gård i Syrien, hur olivträden prasslade i vinden, hur farmoderns getter bräkte och kastrullerna skramlade. Och han minns den livliga staden Homs med dess myllrande gränder, dess moské och dess stora souk, innan bomberna började regna över himlen och de blev tvugna att fly. När solen går upp ska de och andra på stranden samla ihop sina tillhörigheter och ge sig ut på en farlig sjöresa på jakt efter ett nytt hem. Bön till havet är inspirerad av det som hände Alan Kurdi, den treårige syriske pojke som drunknade i Medelhavet när han försökte sätta sig i säkerhet i Europa i september 2015. Året efter Alans död dog eller försvann 4176 andra under liknande överfarter. Antalet dödsfall till havs fortsätter att stiga. Den här boken tillägnas de tusentals människor som omkommit till havs på flykt undan krig och förföljelse.

A Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerA deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations'The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic – a distillation of his strengths' Sunday Times On 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. Proceeds from the sale of Sea Prayer will go to The Khaled Hosseini Foundation and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to help fund life-saving support and build better futures for refugees around the world.

"En bøn til havet er et forsøg på at ære de mange millioner familier, der bliver revet fra hinanden og tvunget til at forlade deres hjemland," - Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini, som selv er flygtningebarn og vokset op langt fra sit hjemland Afghanistan, har skrevet En bøn til havet for at hjælpe flygtninge - både børn og voksne - verden over, og han donerer alle sine forfatterindtægter i forbindelse med bogen til UNHCR - FN's flygtningeorganisation, som arbejder globalt for at sikre flygtninges rettigheder. En bøn til havet er en fars rørende brev til sin søn og en bevægende fortælling om kærlighed og tab skrevet af en af verdens mest læste og bedstsælgende forfattere. Smukt og stærkt fortalt, rigt og kraftfuldt illustreret. Pressen skriver: »… en lille, stærkt bevægende bog … Det er noget af det smukkeste, jeg længe har læst.« ****** – Søndag »… Khaled Hosseini har skrevet en rørende fortælling om livet som flygtning.« – ALT for damerne »… der er ganske enkelt tale om et lille mesterværk …« ***** – Bogrummet

En betydningsfull gavebok. Forfatteren av millionselgeren Drageløperen har skrevet en svært gripende, liten bok inspirert av flyktningkrisen og et fotografi som berørte hele verden for tre år siden. Den 2. september 2015 druknet den tre år gamle båtflyktningen Alan Kurdi, og det hjerteskjærende bildet av den lille syriske gutten som var skylt opp på en strand i Tyrkia, gikk verden rundt. Med En bønn fra havet ønsker Khaled Hosseini å hedre Kurdi, de mange omkomne og millioner av familier som er blitt hjemløse og splittet som følge av krig og forfølgelse, og han gir alle sine inntekter fra boken til FNs høykommissær for flyktninger (UNHCR). En bønn fra havet skildrer en syrisk fars refleksjoner mens han betrakter sin sovende sønn kvelden før de skal legge ut på den farlige ferden over Middelhavet. Boken er vakkert illustrert av den britiske kunstneren Dan Williams.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER‘Devastating’ Daily Telegraph‘Heartbreaking’ The Times‘Unforgettable’ Isabel Allende‘Haunting’ IndependentAfghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER`Magnificent' Mail on Sunday`Gripping' New York Times`A master storyteller' The Times`Epic' Sunday TelegraphTen-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them.

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER‘A suspenseful epic’ Daily Telegraph‘A triumph’ Financial Times‘Heartbreaking’ Mail on Sunday‘Deeply moving’ Sunday TimesMariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER‘Magnificent’ Mail on Sunday‘Gripping’ New York Times‘A master storyteller’ The Times‘Epic’ Sunday TelegraphTen-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them.

The Pashto Edition of Sea Prayer, by Khaled Hosseini, translated by Fawad Massiha, published by Nebesht Press

The Farsi Edition of Sea Prayer, by Khaled Hosseini, translated by Fawad Massiha, published by Nebesht Press