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Greek Tragedy : One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis by Jeanne Carstensen (2025, Hardcover)

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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-101668083140

ISBN-139781668083147

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Book TitleGreek Tragedy : One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDisasters & Disaster Relief

Publication Year2025

GenreSocial Science

AuthorJeanne Carstensen

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"An extraordinary account of a devastating tragedy. This meticulously reported book details not only the 2015 shipwreck that killed dozens of asylum seekers en route to Greece, but the lives of the survivors, the dead, and the rescue workers who took great risks to save them. This is the story of a single catastrophe at sea, but also a window into the savagery of borders writ large, and their tremendous human costs." --Lauren Markham, author of A Map of Future Ruins and The Faraway Brothers "With dogged reporting and great humanity, Jeanne Carstensen has written a powerful epic of ordinary people thrust into a border-crossing drama of survival. A Greek Tragedy is a gripping, heart-wrenching tale with a huge cast, and it is essential reading for anyone hoping to understand the migrations and the injustices of our modern world." --Héctor Tobar, author of Our Migrant Souls and Deep Down Dark " A Greek Tragedy is a gripping reconstruction that illuminates the individual lives brought together by a fatal shipwreck. Carstensen's skillful reporting shows us how love and courage survive in the face of disaster." --Matthieu Aikins, author of The Naked Don't Fear The Water "Alternately in the news and ignored, the refugee crisis is a permanent, painful part of our era. Jeanne Carstensen reminds us that there are well over 100 million displaced people in the world. Through a deep look into one tragic shipwreck, she vividly brings alive survivors, victims and helpers in a way that stands for the larger tragedy of which this event was a part." --Adam Hochschild, bestselling author of King Leopold's Ghost and American Midnight " A Greek Tragedy is the gripping account of a horrid maritime disaster, a beguiling saga, and an unputdownable book. This is meticulously researched, masterful reporting." --Rabih Alameddine, award-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman and The Wrong End of the Telescope "Like any Greek tragedy, Jeanne Carstensen's book puts us face to face with our mortal selves. And like any great Greek tragedy, it exposes to us the full spectrum of our humanness, in all of its ambition and love and generosity and apathy and greed: for it is not Olympian gods but the callous men and women in power at whose behest we live and die. At the time of the greatest human migration in recent history, A Greek Tragedy --tender, unsparing, meticulously researched--is an unparallelled chronicle." --Anna Badkhen, author of Bright Unbearable Reality, "Like any Greek tragedy, Jeanne Carstensen's book puts us face to face with our mortal selves. And like any great Greek tragedy, it exposes to us the full spectrum of our humanness, in all of its ambition and love and generosity and apathy and greed: for it is not Olympian gods but the callous men and women in power at whose behest we live and die. At the time of the greatest human migration in recent history, A Greek Tragedy --tender, unsparing, meticulously researched--is an unparallelled chronicle." --Anna Badkhen, author of Bright Unbearable Reality

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Dewey Decimal305.9069

SynopsisFive Days at Memorial meets Into the Raging Sea in this "vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system" ( Kirkus Reviews ) -- the gripping true story of a devastating shipwreck during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for only a few dozen passengers capsized off the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. Hundreds of refugees, forced in desperation onto the overloaded boat manned by armed smugglers, were tossed into a roiling sea. The resulting loss of life, the largest in a single day during the crisis in the Aegean, shocked the world. Now, after nearly a decade of research, interviews, and investigation, reporter Jeanne Carstensen has captured every detail of the dramatic twenty-four hours. This includes the recollections of the refugees' lives before they left their homes and a full account of the courageous rescue efforts of the Greek islanders and volunteers rushing to help, even as their government and the EU failed to act. In this remarkable narrative feat, Carstensen brilliantly showcases the extraordinary heroism of ordinary people in extreme circumstances. In a world where forced migration is on the rise, A Greek Tragedy challenges us to confront our collective humanity. This unforgettable testament of our times is "a crushing account of a senseless tragedy" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) and a compassionate depiction of the lengths to which a person will go to save another human being.