Absent: A Novel - Softcover

Khedairi, Betool

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812977424 ISBN 13: 9780812977424

Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 2007

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Críticas

"Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival."
-Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon

"A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction."
-Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building

"Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe."
-Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy

"A strong new voice in Iraqi literature."
-Radio Free Europe

"Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege."
-Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair

Reseña del editor

Living with the childess aunt and uncle who raised her, Dalal, a perceptive young woman, is surrounded by the colorful inhabitants of their crowded Baghdad apartment building, people who are struggling to maintain normal lives amid violence and international sanctions, but a secret government informer in their midst could turn all their lives upside down. Reader's Guide included. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0812977424
• ISBN 13: 9780812977424
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240