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Dates on my fingers

Ramlهi, Muٍhsin, author, Leafgren, Luke, translator

2014

Overview

\"Saleem, fed up with all the violence, religiosity, and strict family hierarchies of his Iraqi village, flees to Spain to establish a new life for himself. But his lonely exile is turned upside down when he encounters his father, Noah, in a Madrid nightclub after not seeing him in more than a decade. Noah looks and acts like a new man, and Saleem sets out to discover the mystery of his father's presence in Spain and his altered life. In doing so, he recalls formative moments in Iraq of familial love, war, and the haunting accidental death of his cousin Aliya, Saleem's partner in the hesitant, tender exploration of sexuality. When the renewed relationship with his father erupts in a violent conflict, Saleem is forced to rediscover his sense of self and the hard-won stability of his life. Through Saleem's experiences and reflections, the fast-paced narrative carries the reader between Spain and Iraq to a surprising resolution\"--Back cover.

• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Subject: Fathers and sons Fiction. / Arabic fiction Translations into English. / Roman arabischer Irak Geschichte 2001 ff Text. / Arabic fiction. / Fathers and sons. / Iraq Fiction. / Spain Fiction. / Iraq. / Spain.
• ISBN: 9789774166440, 9774166442

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PJ7960.A451 T3613 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE