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The Long Way Around Walking to the Other Shore: A Novel of Exile, A Journey Through Europe's Hidden Borders
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ISBN13: 9798257282522
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 13 2026
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 13 2026
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Fourteen kilometers separate Morocco from Spain. For Youssef, it takes three and a half years, ten thousand miles, and a brutal education in survival.
The Detour is a gripping, unflinching novel that follows a young Moroccan man's journey through Europe's hidden borders. From the frozen banks of the Evros River to the suffocating heat of Sicilian greenhouses, from clandestine detention centers to the invisible labor markets of Barcelona, Youssef navigates a world where dignity is not granted-it is forged.
The Detour is a gripping, unflinching novel that follows a young Moroccan man's journey through Europe's hidden borders. From the frozen banks of the Evros River to the suffocating heat of Sicilian greenhouses, from clandestine detention centers to the invisible labor markets of Barcelona, Youssef navigates a world where dignity is not granted-it is forged.
Told through precise, documentary-style prose and an unbroken narrative of endurance, this is not a story of escape, but of calibration. It explores the quiet mathematics of survival: the rhythm of breath in the dark, the weight of a smuggler's contract, the violence of administrative indifference, and the stubborn refusal to let exile erase a man's identity.
For readers of Exit West, The Bee Sting, and Home Fire, this novel offers a raw, deeply human portrait of contemporary migration. It is a testament to the invisible millions who cross borders not for adventure, but for the simple right to exist.
Step into a journey where every step is measured, every silence carries weight, and the only constant is the steady rhythm of a man who refuses to break.
For readers of Exit West, The Bee Sting, and Home Fire, this novel offers a raw, deeply human portrait of contemporary migration. It is a testament to the invisible millions who cross borders not for adventure, but for the simple right to exist.
Step into a journey where every step is measured, every silence carries weight, and the only constant is the steady rhythm of a man who refuses to break.
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