Life in Stasis: Behrouz Boochani’s Manus Prison Literature
A harrowing book about refugees in Australian detention reveals much about the national character.
Eleanor Davey writes about the histories of aid, activism, and anti-colonialism. She is the author of Idealism beyond Borders: The French Revolutionary Left and the Rise of Humanitarianism, 1954-1988 (2015), which was jointly awarded the International Studies Association Ethics Section Book Prize (2017).
A harrowing book about refugees in Australian detention reveals much about the national character.