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The inaugural winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. This powerful, lyrical novel of the endurance of love is set amid the upheaval of the Arab Spring and the brutal repression of a totalitarian regime. Tarek, a young father, watches as the city he lives in is mired in protests, hemmed in by barricades and strangely inundated by great flocks of birds. Facing the threat of police arrest, he flees with his nine-year-old daughter, Neda. As Tarek and Neda journey through villages razed by conflict towards a mountain refuge, they meet with fellow travellers from Tarek's past and his time as a political prisoner. The reunion reveals secrets that Tarek must come to terms with for his own and Neda's sake. Print run 25,000.
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Arab Spring, 2010-, Fiction, Families, Politics and governmentPlaces
Arab countries, Middle EastTimes
21st centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Book of sands: a novel of the arab uprising
2016, Harpercollins Canada, Harper Perennial
in English
1443434469 9781443434461
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Book of sands: a novel of the Arab Uprising
2015, Harper Avenue
in English
- 1st ed.
1443434450 9781443434454
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The inaugural winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. This powerful, lyrical novel of the endurance of love is set amid the upheaval of the Arab Spring and the brutal repression of a totalitarian regime. Tarek, a young father, watches as the city he lives in is mired in protests, hemmed in by barricades and strangely inundated by great flocks of birds. Facing the threat of police arrest, he flees with his nine-year-old daughter, Neda. As Tarek and Neda journey through villages razed by conflict towards a mountain refuge, they meet with fellow travellers from Tarek's past and his time as a political prisoner. The reunion reveals secrets that Tarek must come to terms with for his own and Neda's sake.
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