Sparrow by James Hynes
A young boy captured on the fringes of the Roman Empire is sold into slavery and passed from kitchen to theater troupe to countinghouse as he is carried across the Mediterranean. Amid brutality and unexpected kindness, he learns languages and letters, discovers the power of reinvention, and navigates a perilous world where identity can be taken or bestowed in an instant. His hard-won perspective illuminates the precarious lives of the empire’s underclass and the small acts of mercy that make survival—and a measure of hope—possible.
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- 2023
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