RaveThe GuardianBoochani has created a book that resists classification ... No Friend but the Mountains is a form of communication that emerges from sites of state violence; antagonism against people crossing borders for safety and freedom ... Both a profound creative writing project and a strategic act of resistance, the book is part of a coherent theoretical project and critical approach ... This book is a scathing critique of a modern form of systematic torture and the way border politics has been weaponised by nation-states ... The style, tone, form and content of No Friend but the Mountains reflects the mode of production; in fact, these features of the book and the writing and translation process are conditioned by the lived experience and endurance of the author, and the difficulties we encountered as we struggled to complete the translation.
