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The Baghdad Eucharist: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
Sinan Antoon
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Description for The Baghdad Eucharist: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
Paperback. An intimate and remarkably human novel of modern Iraq by an acclaimed Arab-American author, shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Translator(s): Tabet, Maia. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 13. .
Youssef and Maha are distant relatives who find themselves living together in their native Baghdad, seeking shelter and solace from the increasing turmoil that surrounds them. While Youssef is old and has lived through many good years, Maha is young and has seen only sanctions and war. Her life has been shattered by the sectarian violence engulfing Iraq, a country she feels no longer belongs to her. As the chaos in the country inevitably seeps into their household, a rare argument between Maha and Youssef breaks out, as this fateful day takes an unexpected and calamitous turn. Set over 24 ... Read more
Youssef and Maha are distant relatives who find themselves living together in their native Baghdad, seeking shelter and solace from the increasing turmoil that surrounds them. While Youssef is old and has lived through many good years, Maha is young and has seen only sanctions and war. Her life has been shattered by the sectarian violence engulfing Iraq, a country she feels no longer belongs to her. As the chaos in the country inevitably seeps into their household, a rare argument between Maha and Youssef breaks out, as this fateful day takes an unexpected and calamitous turn. Set over 24 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hoopoe Fiction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Hoopoe Fiction
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774168208
SKU
V9789774168208
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About Sinan Antoon
Sinan Antoon is an award-winning poet, novelist, and translator. He was born in Iraq, and moved to the US in 1991 after the Gulf War. He received his PhD from Harvard University and is currently associate professor of Arabic literature at New York University. He is a co-founder and co-editor of Jadaliyya. Maia Tabet is a literary translator, journalist, and ... Read more
Reviews for The Baghdad Eucharist: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
[Antoon] faithfully reproduces the difficult conversations between an Iraqi Christian family housed in Baghdad while the daily scenes of carnage are painfully recounted.
The Guardian A beautiful text, a testimony of the time of mud and blood that besieges Iraq and the Arab East ... in very moving language, this Iraqi novelist writes his country with the ink of pain. ... Read more
The Guardian A beautiful text, a testimony of the time of mud and blood that besieges Iraq and the Arab East ... in very moving language, this Iraqi novelist writes his country with the ink of pain. ... Read more