Besieged by Dr Chris Giannou Laos Mama yaltji

Mama yaltji

a solitary cloaked figure walking home from carnival and St Mark's Square in winter shrouded in white as an icy mist sweeps in from the sea

by Aliph Cheem

Those grains bear witness to his past and contain the now silent sounds of the river

and tandem driving-filling up any little interval that was found to exist between a late breakfast

Besieged by Dr Chris Giannou Laos Mama yaltjiBesieged A Doctor's Story of Life and Death in Beirut by Dr Chris Giannou Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990, [First Edition], b w plates photographs, hardcover, dustjacket, ISBN 0747508895 Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, dustjacket has minor edge and shelf wear with tiny tears to top of spine, 'Set against the complex political background of the Middle East, Besieged is an account of simple courage and ingenuity, of human dignity in circumstances