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THE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR: FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BATTLEFIELDS IN IRAQ Second Edition 2026 A Finalist in IAN Book Awards 2025. Long-listed for Katara Prize 2023 (Arabic title: THE AMERICAN WHO READ GILGAMESH). This literary fiction doesn't recount a bygone Gulf war; rather, it explores enduring cross-cultural issues that persist and escalate, posing existential questions about self/ others, identity/ culture, language/ thoughts, arts/reality. duty/ survival- issues that continue to mount. Through David's journey: - Ancient mysteries meet modern complexities. - Diverse cultures and arts. - Genre-bending fiction - a blend of mystery, thrill, history, war, adventure, multicultural, quest for meaning and self-discovery. - Occasional sarcastic humor amidst geopolitics. - Multilayered story of self and others. - Lyrical exposition of scenery and feelings. Join David grappling with existence, language, fate-where translation is lifeline and limit. Story spans San Francisco, Iraq battlefields, Euphrates/Tigris palm groves, Saudi Arabia's coastal area and ancient Mesopotamia.

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