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SIX MONTHS IN SUDAN
A YOUNG DOCTOR IN A WAR-TORN VILLAGE |
| By: |
James Maskalyk |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847672744 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847672742 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2009 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
An outstanding account of saving lives in one of the most dangerous and desperate places on Earth |
| Synopsis: |
James Maskalyk set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan in 2007 as Medecins Sans Frontieres' newest medical doctor in the field. Equipped with his experience as an emergency physician in a Western hospital and his desire to understand the hardest parts of the world, Maskalyk's days were spent treating malnourished children, fending off a measles epidemic and staying out of the soldiers' way. Worn raw in the struggle to meet overwhelming needs with inadequate resources, he returned home six months later more affected by the experience, the people and the place than he had anticipated. Six Months in Sudan began as a blog that he wrote from his hut in Sudan in an attempt to bring his family and friends closer to his hot, hot days. It is a story about humans: the people of Abyei who suffer its hardship because it is their home, and the doctors, nurses and countless volunteers who leave their homes with the tools to make another's easier to endure. With great hope and insight, Maskalyk illuminates a distant place - its heat, its people, its poverty, its war - to inspire possibilities for action. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize 2009 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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