Absent - 9780812977424
Un libro in lingua di Betool Khedairi Jamil Muhayman (TRN) edito da Random House Inc, 2007
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Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle who raised her. In the same building, Umm Mazin, a fortune-teller, offers her customers cures for their physical and romantic ailments, Saad the hairdresser attends to a dwindling number of female customers, and Ilham, a nurse, escapes the stark realities of her hospital job in dreams of her long-lost French mother. Despite the damaging effects of bombings and international sanctions on their world, all the residents try to maintain normal lives.
Hoping to bring in much-needed cash by selling honey, Dalal's uncle becomes a beekeeper, enlisting Dalal's help in the care of these temperamental creatures. Meanwhile, Dalal falls in love for the first time–against a background of surprise arrests, personal betrayals, and a crumbling social fabric that turns neighbors into informants.
Tightly crafted and full of vivid, unforgettable characters, Absent is a haunting portrait of life under restrictions, the fragile emotional ties among family and friends, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Absent
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Betool Khedairi Jamil Muhayman (TRN)
- Editore: Random House Inc
- Collana: Random House Inc (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 10 Luglio '07
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Apartment dwellers Iraq Baghdad Fiction
- Pagine: 221
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0812977424
- EAN-13: 9780812977424