We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

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Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight.

Against the backdrop of the wave of demonstrations referred to as the Arab Spring, in 2011 hundreds of thousands of Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom, democracy and human rights. The government’s ferocious response, and the refusal of the demonstrators to go into reverse, sparked a brutal civil war that over the last five years has escalated into the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our times.

Yet in spite of the entire reporting, the video, and the wrenching photography, the stories of abnormal Syrians remain unheard, at the same time as the stories told about them have been distorted by broad brush dread and political expediency. This fierce and poignant collection changes that. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of first-hand testimonials from the frontlines. One of the crucial testimonies are several pages long, eloquent narratives that could stand alone as short stories; others are only some sentences, poetic and aphoristic. Together, they cohere into an unforgettable chronicle that may be not only a testament to the power of storytelling but to the strength of those who face darkness with hope, courage, and moral conviction.

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