Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
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Running didn’t make it stop; it only changed the way it found him.Seven-year-old Daud watched Kabul collapse in the 1990s. His family fled Afghanistan, hoping for safety, but exile brought its own battles: refugee centers, detention rooms, endless waiting, and the quiet weight of being outsiders. Every day chipped away at the life they once knew.Years later in Berlin, Daud has the papers, a graduation certificate, and an apartment. On the surface, he has arrived. But the past lingers. The boy who pressed his face to a car window as Kabul burned still lives inside him. Every classroom, ceremony, and workplace carries echoes of war, displacement, and the struggle to belong. His reflection feels like a stranger. His dreams are battlefields.Spanning decades and continents, this debut novel explores survival, identity, cultural heritage, and the psychological aftermath of war. It’s a story of exile, memory, resilience, and the search for belonging in a foreign land.Perfect for readers of literary and psychological fiction, The Crooked Mile to Dawn is a gripping, emotional journey through childhood, displacement, and the invisible wars that follow us across continents. It asks a timeless question: how do you ever leave behind a place that never left you?
