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Absent
by Betool Khedairi
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, slight wear and yellowing of pages,
- ISBN 10
- 0812977424
- ISBN 13
- 9780812977424
- Seller
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Barrington, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 2007. First Random House Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good, slight wear and yellowing of pages,.
Synopsis
Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle who raised her. In the same building, Umm Mazin, a fortune-teller, offers her customers cures for their physical and romantic ailments, Saad the hairdresser attends to a dwindling number of female customers, and Ilham, a nurse, escapes the stark realities of her hospital job in dreams of her long-lost French mother. Despite the damaging effects of bombings and international sanctions on their world, all the residents try to maintain normal lives.Hoping to bring in much-needed cash by selling honey, Dalal's uncle becomes a beekeeper, enlisting Dalal's help in the care of these temperamental creatures. Meanwhile, Dalal falls in love for the first time--against a background of surprise arrests, personal betrayals, and a crumbling social fabric that turns neighbors into informants.Tightly crafted and full of vivid, unforgettable characters, Absent is a haunting portrait of life under restrictions, the fragile emotional ties among family and friends, and the resilience of the human spirit.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rocking Chair Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2721257
- Title
- Absent
- Author
- Betool Khedairi
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, slight wear and yellowing of pages,
- Edition
- First Random House Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812977424
- ISBN 13
- 9780812977424
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 240
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
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Barrington, Illinois
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