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kurdish fiction;war drama;literary novel;trauma healing;exile story;women fiction;emotional novel;political fiction;diaspora life;survival story;psychological drama;international fiction;Feminist fiction;woman life freedm;postcolonialism fiction;Kurdish women;Iran women Full Description This is the Norwegian edition of Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins, a powerful literary novel that weaves memory, exile, trauma, and resistance into an intimate and poetic narrative. Blending lyrical language with political urgency, the novel stands at the intersection of literature, testimony, and feminist resistance. Set between Kurdistan, Iran, Turkey, and Northern Europe, the story follows Tara-a Kurdish woman living in exile-as she navigates grief, political violence, and the long shadows of revolution. Through fragmented timelines and interwoven voices, the narrative moves between personal loss and collective history, revealing how women's bodies and memories become sites of resistance under patriarchy, state violence, war, and displacement. Rooted in Kurdish culture and oral tradition, yet written with a universal literary sensibility, the novel explores the psychological aftermath of political trauma and the inheritance of pain across generations. At its heart, this is a story of survival, remembrance, and the quiet defiance of women who refuse erasure. It speaks to readers of literary fiction, feminist narratives, postcolonial literature, and stories of exile-offering a rare and deeply human perspective on a region and a people too often rendered invisible

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""Dans i Flammer over Ruinene is a poetic and powerful novel about destruction, resistance, and hope. Through intimate and deeply human portrayals, the novel explores how love, memory, and dignity can endure amid war and loss. This is a story about rising again when everything seems lost - a warm and deeply moving work that profoundly touches the reader."" - Prof. Dr. Haci Akman / Professor of Cultural Studies ""A personal and poetic yet realistic journey into Kurdish history-displacement, exile, and the struggle for identity. A rare insight seldom available to Western readers."" - Terje Bjøranger/ Norwegian author ""An intimate portrait of Kurdish life, shifting between Kurdistan and Europe. From exile, the narrator reflects on repression, erased identity, and women at the margins."" - Jan B. Vindheim /Norwegian Author and researcher. ""Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins is a visceral but evocative debut novel... fully immersing the reader in Kurdish culture and tradition."" - Neema Shah, award-winning ""An impressive accomplishment, born out of love and rage, that shows how the personal is always political, especially for a Kurdish woman born in Iran."" - Wendelmoet Hamelink, author of The Sung Home, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Oslo ""A tightly crafted tale of one woman's personal and political turmoil. a window into a world too readily ignored by the sweep of history. A book not to be missed."" - Michael Matheson,

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Essmat Sophie (Asima) is an award-winning author, film director, researcher, translator, and activist. Born in the Kurdish region of Iran, she later lived in the United States before settling in Norway. She holds advanced degrees in English Literature, Information Science, and Social Science from the University of Oslo, Tehran University, and Salt Lake City University.Her works include Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins (2023), Last Day of Autumn (2021), and In the Eye of the Storm (2013), which received the Ordknappen Literary Award in Norway. Her short fiction has appeared in international anthologies, including Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (University of Arkansas Press). Her writings have also been indexed in academic databases such as ScienceDirect and Academic Search Premier.As a filmmaker, she directed and produced the animated short film Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins (2023), which received multiple international awards, including recognitions from festivals in France (Cannes Film Award), Canada (Female Eye FF), Sweden (Nordic Film Festival), and across Europe (European Best Awards).Sophie is the founder of EchoBridge Vision and former leader of Flerkult in Norway, working at the intersection of literature, human rights, multiculturalism, and women's empowerment. For mor information look at the webist: www.essmatsophie.com

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