What Strange Paradise

Name: What Strange Paradise
ISBN: 9780385696036

by Omar El Akkad

Scotiabank Giller · 2021 · Winner

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McClelland & StewartJuly 6, 2021Literary FictionISBN 9780385696036

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2021	Winner

About This Book

A young Syrian boy washes up on a Mediterranean island beach and is found by a local teenager who tries to hide him. A novel about the refugee crisis told from both sides of the border. Winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

About the Author

Omar El AkkadEgyptian-Canadian

Omar El Akkad is an Egyptian-Canadian journalist and author. His debut novel American War was a bestseller, and his second novel What Strange Paradise won the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize.