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Occupied

By: Joss Sheldon
Narrated by: Jack Wynters
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Publisher's Summary

SOME PEOPLE LIVE UNDER OCCUPATION. SOME PEOPLE OCCUPY THEMSELVES. NO ONE IS FREE. 

Step into a world which is both magically fictitious and shockingly real. Walk side-by-side with a refugee, native, occupier and economic migrant. And watch on as the world around you transforms from a halcyon past into a dystopian future. 

Inspired by the occupations of Palestine, Kurdistan and Tibet, and by the corporate occupation of the west, Occupied is a haunting glance into a society which is a little too familiar for comfort. It truly is a unique piece of literary fiction… 

Here's what reviewers have said about Occupied:

  • "Darker than George Orwell's 1984" (AXS)
  • "Candid and disquieting" (Free Tibet)
  • "Genre-busting" (Pak Asia Times)
  • "Brilliant" (Middle East Monitor)
  • "A must read" (Buzzfeed)
©2015 Joss Sheldon (P)2016 Joss Sheldon

Critic Reviews

"Occupied follows the lives of four main characters; a refugee, native, settler, and economic migrant, all of whom are affected by these divisions. At their core, each character is the same; they all face the same challenges, react in the same ways, and feel the same emotions. But their different labels and alternative backgrounds provide barriers which stop them from ever uniting. It would be easy to focus on this theme, which runs through Occupied. But to do so would be to miss the artistry of the novel; the characters which often remind us of ourselves, the scenery which bursts into life, and the subplots which fill every page. Occupied is a story of individual hope against collective despair, and with that comes a certain sense of optimism; a determination to be the best you can. The four main characters have to battle against the trauma of forced marriages, displacement, and physical abuse, but they become stronger as a result of experiencing such hardships." (AXS)

"Occupied operates in an ethereal plane; real enough to make it feel relevant, yet mysterious enough to imbue it with warmth. The reader evolves with the four main characters as they travel through life; standing in their shoes and fee ling their pain. For despite its darkness, Occupied is also full of light. The love between the characters is easily relatable to the love we often feel in own our lives, and the poetic descriptions buzz with energy and life. Occupied really is a unique work of dystopian fiction, and a must read for any lover of radical literature." (Buzzfeed)

"The way it was written meant that even if someone has no pre-existing knowledge of Palestine, the Kurdish question and Tibet, they would have still enjoyed it and still understood the reasoning behind the anti-colonial and anti-capitalist sentiments behind the book." (Middle East Monitor)

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