2 books by Alia Mamdouh
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Overview: ALIA MAMDOUH, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Award in Arabic Literature for The Loved Ones, is a journalist, essayist, and novelist living in exile in Paris. Long banned from publishing in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, she is the author of essays, short stories, and four novels, of which Naphtalene is the most acclaimed and translated.
Genre: General Fiction, Literature
Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
Now in paperback, "Naphtalene" captures a fierce and defiant young girl as she struggles to form her identity in 1950s Baghdad amid a world of unfulfilled women and family tragedies.
Iraqi exile Alia Mamdouh is a journalist, essayist, and novelist living in Paris who received the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature in 2004.
The Loved Ones: A Modern Arabic Novel
This winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature mingles memories of the past with the shifting voices of the present when the estranged son of an Iraqi exile flies from his home in Toronto to visit her in Paris. As his ailing mother, the once-vibrant Suhaila, lies in a hospital bed, he acquaints himself with her constellation of close friends. Immediately, he becomes immersed in the complex relationships he has fought so hard to avoid: with his mother and his war-torn homeland. Alia Mamdouh weaves a magical tale of the human condition in this stunning and beautifully written novel of faith, family, and hope.
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Requirements: Epub reader, 1.13 Mb
Overview: ALIA MAMDOUH, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Award in Arabic Literature for The Loved Ones, is a journalist, essayist, and novelist living in exile in Paris. Long banned from publishing in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, she is the author of essays, short stories, and four novels, of which Naphtalene is the most acclaimed and translated.
Genre: General Fiction, Literature
Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
Now in paperback, "Naphtalene" captures a fierce and defiant young girl as she struggles to form her identity in 1950s Baghdad amid a world of unfulfilled women and family tragedies.
Iraqi exile Alia Mamdouh is a journalist, essayist, and novelist living in Paris who received the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature in 2004.
The Loved Ones: A Modern Arabic Novel
This winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature mingles memories of the past with the shifting voices of the present when the estranged son of an Iraqi exile flies from his home in Toronto to visit her in Paris. As his ailing mother, the once-vibrant Suhaila, lies in a hospital bed, he acquaints himself with her constellation of close friends. Immediately, he becomes immersed in the complex relationships he has fought so hard to avoid: with his mother and his war-torn homeland. Alia Mamdouh weaves a magical tale of the human condition in this stunning and beautifully written novel of faith, family, and hope.
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