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Overview“I came to the Sahara to be buried.” After witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Centre, Jeehan Nathaar leaves her New York life with her sense of identity fractured and her American dream destroyed. She returns to Morocco to make her home with a family that’s not her own. Healed by their kindness but caught up in their troubles, Jeehan struggles to move beyond the pain and confusion of September 11th. On this desiccated landscape, thousands of miles from Ground Zero, the Dune sings of death, love, and forgiveness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anissa M. BouzianePublisher: Sandstone Press Ltd Imprint: Sandstone Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.50cm Weight: 0.344kg ISBN: 9781912240357ISBN 10: 1912240351 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 20 September 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews`Both precise and lyrical, this novel of epic scope suggests it's through service towards those whom fortune has forsaken that one can truly find peace.'-Fouad Laroui, Prix Goncourt winner; `Rich and gripping... The story that Anissa Bouziane tells with brio inhabits the world between thriller and philosophical tale... A text that is true, precise and without concession.'-Mahi Binebine, short listed for the Prix Renaudot 'Rich and gripping... The story that Anissa Bouziane tells with brio inhabits the world between thriller and philosophical tale... A text that is true, precise and without concession.' * Mahi Binebine, short listed for the Prix Renaudot * 'Both precise and lyrical, this novel of epic scope suggests it's through service towards those whom fortune has forsaken that one can truly find peace.' * Fouad Laroui, Prix Goncourt winner * 'Poetic... In bringing the two worlds together, this book adds its voice to related works by Khaled Hosseini and Jhumpa Lahiri.' * The Wee Review * 'An utterly absorbing read: harrowing and uplifting in equal measure, it sings the music of the heart.' * Maureen Freely * Author InformationAnissa M. Bouziane was born in the US, daughter of a Moroccan father and a French mother. She grew up in Morocco, but returned to the US for college at Wellesley College, and went on to earn an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. The author lives and teaches in Paris. She is at work on her next novel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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