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Author:

Alammar, Layla, author.

Title:

Silence is a sense : a novel / Layla AlAmmar.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

292 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Refugees--Syria--Fiction.

Summary:

"A woman sits in her apartment in an unnamed English city, absorbed in watching the dramas of her neighbors through their windows. Traumatized into muteness after a long, devastating trip from war-torn Syria to the UK, she believes that she wants to sink deeper into isolation, moving between memories of her absent boyfriend and family and her homeland, dreams, and reality. At the same time, she begins writing for a magazine under the pseudonym "the Voiceless," trying to explain the refugee experience without sensationalizing it-or revealing anything about herself. Gradually, as the boundaries of her world expand, she has to make a choice: Will she remain a voiceless observer, or become an active participant in her own life and in a community that, despite her best efforts, is quickly becoming her own?"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1643750267
9781643750262

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1159043542

LCCN:

2020042150

Locations:

EXPC755 -- Akron Public Library (Akron)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)