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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dunya Mikhail , Max WeissPublisher: Profile Books Ltd Imprint: Serpent's Tail Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.160kg ISBN: 9781788161299ISBN 10: 1788161297 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 06 June 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is not for the faint-hearted, but they should read it anyway. We should all read it. -- Peter Stanford * Observer * Remarkable ... With this short book, the tragedies and the heroism of this time of horror will survive intact. -- Louise Callaghan * Sunday Times * Rare and powerful ... Mikhail has created a searing portrait of courage, humanity and savagery, told in a mosaic of voices. ... [her] gifts as a poet infuse these narratives with unexpected beauty * The New York Times * Mikhail bears witness to women in war-torn Iraq, women who have scarcely known peace throughout their lives. That she is a poet is clear on each page. * Kirkus Reviews * Author InformationDunya Mikhail worked as a journalist for the Baghdad Observer before she was forced to flee Iraq. Her poetry collection The War Works Hard was shortlisted for the Griffin Prize. Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea won the 2010 Arab American Book Award for poetry. Dunya Mikhail has also been awarded the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing. She currently lives in Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |