title: Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising
author:  Jonathan Littell 
description: Writing of this quality is rare, and<i>Syrian Notebooks</i>isa first-rate work of war reportage that may come to be seen as an indispensable pieceof literature.<br /><b> <i>Flavorwire</i></b><br /><br /> There are still some journalists, photographers and writers who were courageous enough to report from opposition areas and remember those early days of the revolution  There was never any magic or mystery to the emergence of Isisit was born from levels of grotesque suffering that would be hard to imagine had they not been witnessed at first hand by individuals such as Littell. Reading his account, the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of climbing into bed with Assad becomes clear. <br /><b>Anthony Loyd, <i>Times</i></b><br /><br /> Documents a pivotal moment in the conflict  Littell conveys his sense of horror in stark, fragmented prose<br /><b><i>The Independent</i></b><br /><br /> An important document of Syrias trial by fire.<br /><b><i>CounterPunch</i></b><br /><br /> <i>Syrian Notebooks</i> is Littells raw, day-by-day account of his time shuttling between houses and conversing with members of the opposition deemed to be terrorists by the government and rarely given a voice in the West  The book is not a sugar-coated portrayal of the alternative offered by those leading the armed rebellion. Although he is certainly sympathetic, Littell does not suffer from Stockholm syndrome, nor does he simply romanticize men with guns, as was common among those who embedded with US troops in Iraq.<br /><b>Charles Davis, <i>Inter Press Service</i></b><br /><br /> Littells burning anger animates his book.<br /><b><i>The National</i></b><br /><br /> His writings capture a beleaguered but defiant resistant movement  <i>Syrian Notebooks</i> are immediate and vivid  he has an eye for small, heartbreaking details. <br /><b><i>New Statesman</i></b><br /><br /> Littells writing is precise, forceful, and free of ego. <br /><b>Hilary Plum, <i>Bookforum</i></b><br /><br /> As a detailed testimony of a moment in history, Littells account retains power and relevance. <br /><b><i>Oldie</i></b>
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  > A March
  
  of Woe
  
  > Overthrown – Volume 3
  
  by
  
  > Aaron Bunce
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Autumn Arch Publishing
  
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  Copyright © 2018, 2019 by Aaron Bunce
  
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  2st Edition –2019
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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