A profoundly affecting novel based on true events and perfect for fans of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, The Stray Cats of Homs recounts young Sami's efforts to live a normal childhood amidst the horrors of war in Syria.
I don't know how you've made it this far . . .
Sami's childhood is much like any other - school with his friends, dinners with his family, playing with his pets (stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof).
But with Syria at war with itself, nothing is really normal. And Sami's hopes for a better future are about to be ripped away.
Inspired by extraordinary true events, The Stray Cats of Homs is the breathtaking story of a young man who will do anything to keep the dream of home alive.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781784164928
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 267 g
Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 25 mm
An absolutely riveting novel . . . a rare and precious humanizing of the terrible conflagration in Syria. Eva is a writer of the first order and this is a searing and incredibly important book, storytelling at its best. - Donal Ryan, author of FROM A LOW AND QUIET SEA (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards)
Profoundly affecting and deeply soulful . . . This book will stay with me forever. - Ruth Jones, bestselling author of US THREE
This warm, captivating and inspiring story shows that even the bottomless horrors of war-torn Syria are no match for the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit and the power of love and friendship. - Mike Thomson, author of SYRIA'S SECRET LIBRARY
Compelling and uncompromising. - BBC Radio 4 Sunday
Incredible... a deeply interesting and loving recounting of not just Sami's experience, but the wider story of the people of Syria. - Sunday Business Post
[The Stray Cats of Homs] burns and it stings; each sentence is an accusation - but to read it is to begin to pay a debt that all of us owe. If you can't alleviate the pain, the least you can do is not shut your eyes to the suffering. - Culturefly
The Stray Cats of Homs brings to life the human, inside story of one of the most brutal sieges in recent history, with Syria's Assad trying to break the will of young rebels daring to stand up to the dictator and taking refuge in an ancient city. The novel is as revealing as it is inspiring with its depictions of the lengths heroes will go to in search of personal freedom. - Mark Sullivan, author of BENEATH A SCARLET SKY
A vital and affecting narrative ... imbued with emotional and personal authenticity. - NB Magazine
[A] beautiful, heart-rending book. - Helen Paris, author of LOST PROPERTY
It’s been a long time since a book kept me up all night, but Eva Nour’s The Stray Cats of Homs did. A tender, yet wild and tangible testimony bearing witness to the tragedy in Syria. - Theodor Kallifatides, Award-winning author and Professor of Literature
The Stray Cats of Homs is an emotional and heartrending story of survival and hope in the direst of circumstances. We follow Sami through a mostly idyllic childhood in the Syrian city of Homs, with his siblings and... More
Heartbreaking and harrowing, Eva Nour's novel is a semi-fictionalised, name-changed, tale of events during the Arab Spring, uprising, and civil war. I previously read We Crossed A Bridge And It Trembled by Wendy... More
Really enjoyed this book, an insight of how life as we know it can change so quickly when a war breaks out. The people and family lost homes destroyed. No signs of the past we knew
it, An insight to see how one mans...
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