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The Island by Armin Greder (Hardcover, 2007)

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Product Description : Poignant and chilling this allegory is an astonishing powerful and timely story about refugees xenophobia racism multiculturalism social politics and human rights When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore they immediately reject him because he is different Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia the islanders lock him in a goat pen refuse him work and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig As their fears progress into hatred they force him into the sea The charcoal illustrations complement the sparse and beautifully understated narrative

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In the morning the people of the island found a man sitting on the shore, there where fate and the ocean currents had set him and his frail raft in the night. When he saw them coming towards him, he rose to his feet. He was not like them. This internationally acclaimed, award-winning picture book is astonishing, powerful and timely.