Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia, the islanders lock him in a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig. As their fears progress into hatred, they force him into the sea.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 4, Issue 2
- ISBN: 9781741752663
- Published: 2008 , Allen & Unwin
- Themes: allegory, human rights, Prejudice and racism, Refugees
- Descriptors: Europe, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Switzerland
- No. of pages: 32