Baghdad Eucharist (eBook)

A Novel

Sinan Antoon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
136 Seiten
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-1-61797-797-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An intimate and remarkably human novel of modern Iraq by an acclaimed Arab-American author, shortlisted for the Arabic BookerDisplaced by the sectarian violence in the city, Maha and her husband are taken in by a distant cousin, Youssef. As the growing turmoil around them seeps into their household, a rare argument breaks out between the elderly Youssef and his young guest. Born into sanctions and war, Maha knows nothing of Iraq's good years that Youssef holds dear.Set over a single day,The Baghdad Eucharistis an intimate story of love, memory, and anguish in one Christian family.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Hoopoe Fiction
• Reihe/Serie: Hoopoe Fiction
• Übersetzer: Maia Tabet
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Schlagworte: Arabi literature • Baghdad • booker • booktalk • Christian Fiction • collateral damage • great read • hoopoe • Iraq • Middle East • Mission Not Accomplished Twenty years later, Iraqi victims of war toxins deserve justice • modern history • prize-winning • Sinan Antoon • Translation • war
• ISBN-10: 1-61797-797-7 / 1617977977
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61797-797-8 / 9781617977978