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Absent: A Novel

Name: Absent: A Novel
Brand: Random House Publishing Group
SKU: 9780812977424
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ISBN: 9780812977424

ABSENT

Contributor(s): Khedairi, Betool Author , Jamil, Muhayman Author Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9780812977424
Subtitle	ABSENT
Publisher	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date	July 2007
Language	English
MRP	£16.71 GBP
Page count	242
Item weight	56 g

Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle who raised her. In the same building, Umm Mazin, a fortune-teller, offers her customers cures for their physical and romantic ailments, Saad the hairdresser attends to a dwindling number of female customers, and Ilham, a nurse, escapes the stark realities of her hospital job in dreams of her long-lost French mother. Despite the damaging effects of bombings and international sanctions on their world, all the residents try to maintain normal lives.

Hoping to bring in much-needed cash by selling honey, Dalal's uncle becomes a beekeeper, enlisting Dalal's help in the care of these temperamental creatures. Meanwhile, Dalal falls in love for the first time-against a background of surprise arrests, personal betrayals, and a crumbling social fabric that turns neighbors into informants.

Tightly crafted and full of vivid, unforgettable characters, Absent is a haunting portrait of life under restrictions, the fragile emotional ties among family and friends, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Absent: A Novel

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Khedairi, Betool Author

Jamil, Muhayman Author

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