Modern Australian

my time translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece

  • Written by Omid Tofighian, Lecturer, University of Sydney
my time translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpieceBehrouz Boochani photographed on Manus Island.Jason Garman/Amnesty International via AAP

The GM picks me up from the airport. I call him the GM because after the PNG Supreme Court ruled the Manus Island immigration detention centre illegal, this man was able to leave the prison and find work as the general manager of a lodge in Lorengau town....