The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees by Matthieu Aikins

The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

Matthieu Aikins

352 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

Description

In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler’s road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future.In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator nam...

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Moods

informative 77%
adventurous 68%
emotional 46%
reflective 41%
challenging 37%
sad 37%
tense 32%
hopeful 29%
inspiring 25%
dark 18%
funny 5%

Pace

medium 74%
slow 13%
fast 12%

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4.11

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