The Corpse Washer Contributor(s): Antoon, Sinan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300205643 ISBN-13: 9780300205640 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2013002091 |
Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 4.81" W x 7.71" (0.46 lbs) 185 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Acclaimed and celebrated in the Arab world for its vivid portrait of Iraq, this heartbreaking novel confronts the war-torn nation's horrifying recent history Through the struggles of a single desperate family, Sinan Antoon's novel shows us the heart of Iraq's complex and violent recent history. Descending into the underworld where the borders between life and death are blurred and where there is no refuge from unending nightmares, Antoon limns a world of great sorrows, a world where the winds wail. |