WinnerofAustralia’srichestliteraryaward,NoFriendbuttheMountainsisKurdish-IranianjournalistandrefugeeBehrouzBoochani’saccountofhisdetainmentonAustralia’snotoriousManusIslandprison.Composedentirelybytextmessage,thisworkrepresentstheharrowingexperienceofstatelessandimprisonedrefugeesandmigrantsaroundtheworld.In2013,Kurdish-IranianjournalistBehrouzBoochaniwasillegallydetainedonManusIsland,arefugeedetentioncentreoffthecoastofAustralia.Hehasbeenthereeversince.Thisbookistheresult.LaboriouslytappedoutonamobilephoneandtranslatedfromtheFarsi.Itisavoiceofwitness,anactofsurvival.Alyricfirst-handaccount.Acryofresistance.Avividportraitoffiveyearsofincarcerationandexile.WinneroftheVictorianPrizeforLiterature,NoFriendbuttheMountainsisanextraordinaryaccount--onethatisdisturbinglyrepresentativeoftheexperienceofthemanystatelessandimprisonedrefugeesandmigrantsaroundtheworld.“Ourgovernmentjailedhisbody,buthissoulremainedthatofafreeman.“--FromtheForewordbyManBookerPrize-winningauthorRichardFlanagan
