Days of Love and Rage

"A sweeping tour-de-force of investigative journalism" -Time magazine

"Epic ... the definitive text of the war" -New York Times

"An astonishing book about the limits of fear, and the struggle to find meaning in history and in personal sacrifice ... It's hard to imagine a better work of nonfiction" -Rachel Aviv, New York Times bestselling author of Strangers to Ourselves

"Remarkable ... This book is not only about the Syrian revolution. It is a profound meditation on human nature, resilience, and faith. Gopal brings to life the stories of Syrians whose astonishing courage reveals the depths of human solidarity and sacrifice in pursuit of a better world. As Days of Love and Rage so compellingly reminds us, hope itself can be an act of resistance" - Emma Sky, OBE, author of The Unravelling

"An awesome feat of reporting and storytelling. Gopal has managed to distill a sweeping history of the Syrian revolution into a tale that is rousing, vivid, heartbreaking, and unforgettable" - Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the bestseller Empire of Pain

* From Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Anand Gopal, an epic and enthralling account of six Syrians fighting for a better world *

In 2011, in a city in northern Syria, a small group of men and women began a movement that overthrew a brutal dictatorship. For the next eighteen months, many of the citizens of Manbij carried out one of the most remarkable experiments in democracy in modern times.

Days of Love and Rage details the powerfully intimate narratives of the men and women who led this struggle, and who experienced the highs of camaraderie and the lows of betrayal. Among them: a pair of best friends torn apart by political polarization, a mother who stands up to male dominance, and a worker who risks everything for the dream of equality.

Anand Gopal immerses you in the world of a single city in the throes of revolution, and lays bare the danger that inequality poses to democracy. But this book transcends the particulars of one terrible conflict to tell the broader story of rising authoritarianism in our times. Days of Love and Rage has the force, sweep and artistry of a great novel, and is ultimately a story of our enduring human need for dignity and hope.

Anand Gopal is  a writer for The New Yorker. He is the author of No Good Men Among the Living, and writes about democracy, inequality and conflict.