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Alia Mamdouh

The Loved Ones

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Suhaila lies in a coma in a Paris hospital. Her son Nadir flies in from Canada, and friends keep vigil. As she lies voiceless and suspended between life and death we, like Nadir, come to discover her through the multiple narratives that hover around her sickbed: fragments of conversations, memories, and letters, all (re)membered, first by Nadir, and then through Suhaila's diary entries in Paris and in Canada. The loved ones of the title are the constellation of friends, predominantly women, who flock to Suhaila's side from all over the world to envelope her in the warmth of friendship that may ultimately save her and enable her rebirth. Suhai… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Booth, Marilyn (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-977-424-941-9
  • EAN: 9789774249419
  • Produktnummer: 2480497
  • Verlag: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 279 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.8 cm 703 g
  • Gewicht: 703

Über den Autor


ALIA MAMDOUH was born in Iraq and received her degree in psychology from the University of Mastansariya in 1971. She served as editor-in-chief of al-Rasid magazine from 1970 to 1982. She now lives in Paris. She is the author of Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad (AUC Press, 2005).MARILYN BOOTH is the translator of The Open Door by Latifa al-Zayyat (AUC Press, 2002), Somaya Ramadan's The Leaves of Narcissus (AUC Press, 2002), and Hoda Barakat's The Tiller of the Waters (AUC Press, 2003).

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