Omar El Akkad’s ‘What Strange Paradise’ wins Oregon Book Award for fiction
Omar El Akkad’s novel, “What Strange Paradise,” tells the story of a 9-year-old Syrian migrant who washed up on a Greek island and the teenage girl who risks her own safety to try to help him. Omar El Akkad received the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction on Monday at the 35thth annual Oregon Book Awards …
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