Dr Omid Tofighian who translated Mr Boochani's book says the book will take readers by surprise, as they have never seen such writings from Behrouz Boochani's other published materials.Below is an interview Behrouz Boochani in Kurdish about his book, where he mentions, "it is actually a Kurdish book...". He believes that every Kurd is responsible to promote Kurdish, culture, literature and tradition. However, Mr Boochani says that his book, which he describes as a novel, is international and many people can relate to its story, where he at the sometime describes the "systematic torture" used by the Australian government against asylum seekers held in the off-shore processing centres in Manus Island and Naru.
Behrouz Boochani: My book introduces readers to rich Kurdish culture, literature
Source: www.panmacmillan.com.au
Kurdish journalist and writer, Behrouz Boochani speaks to Roza Germian about his book "No Friends but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison" recently released in Australia. Mr Boochani who has been held in detention on Manus Island by the Australian government for five years, as part of the controversial off-shore processing policy, for maritime arrivals. His book which has been described as mythological and philosophical, is translated by Dr Omid Tofighian from Farsi to English (listen to interview below).
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