“All along the way they were laying dead bodies of those who had not survived the journey,” she said. “The scene that met us, it is not possible to describe. We saw skeletons walking and their legs ...

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Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset Richard Fausset reported ...