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• Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008

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&#8220;Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish.&#8221; <br>&#8212; Los Angeles Times <br>&quot;Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish.&quot; <br>&#8212; San Francisco Chronicle <br>&quot;Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen.&quot; <br>&#8212; The New York Times

Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. -- Los Angeles Times Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. -- San Francisco Chronicle Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. -- The New York Times Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. --Los Angeles Times Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. --San Francisco Chronicle Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. --The New York Times Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. Los Angeles Times Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. San Francisco Chronicle Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. The New York Times Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. Los Angeles Times Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. San Francisco Chronicle Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. The New York Times Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. - Los Angeles Times Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. - San Francisco Chronicle Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. - The New York Times Praise for THE SIRENS OF BAGHDAD [A]n astonishing novel with overtones of Camus (think of The Fall as well as The Stranger).... It's simply admirable...a magisterial work of fiction. -- Lire Like all the great storytellers of history, [Khadra] espouses the contradictions of his characters, who carry in themselves the entirety of the human condition. -- Le Point [T]his major author is establishing himself as one of the consciences of our confused age. -- La Croix The logic of terrorism is taken to a virtually ultimate extent in this bloodcurdling successor to [Khadra's] highly praised novels...perhaps the most frighteningly plausible doomsday scenario yet to appear in fictional treatments of this seemingly insoluble crisis. And if it doesn't scare the hell out of you, you're not paying enough attention. -- Kirkus Reviews

Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. <i>Los Angeles Times</i></p> Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and <i>The Sirens of Baghdad</i> has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></p> Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. <i>The New York Times</i></p>

Compelling. . . . Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish. <br>-- Los Angeles Times <br> Khadra's work has been compared to that of his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus, and The Sirens of Baghdad has a similar blaze of heat, the same heavy, insoluble questions. . . . The novel builds to a startling and wrenching finish. <br>-- San Francisco Chronicle <br> Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen. <br>-- The New York Times

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YASMINA KHADRA is the pen name of the former Algerian army officer Mohammed Moulessehoul. He adopted his wife's name as a pseudonym to avoid military censorship. He is the author of more than 20 books, at least six of which have been published in English, among them The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack, both shortlisted for the IMPAC literary award. Khadra’s work has been published in 45 countries. He has twice been honored by the Académie française, winning both the Médaille de vermeil (2001) and Grand Prix de littérature (2012). His latest novel is The Angels Die (2016). He lives in France. The New York Times describes Khadra as, “a writer who can understand man wherever he is.”

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