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01963aam a2200253 i 4500 001 D9B49C18084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240426s2024 mau 000 0 eng 020 $a 1623711150 020 $a 9781623711153 (softcover) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Azzam, Fadi, $e author. 245 10 $a Huddud's house / $c Fadi Azzam ; translated by Ghada Alatrash. 260 $a Northampton, Mass. : $b Interlink Books , $c 2024. 300 $a 343 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a A haunting contemporary novel, longlisted for the International Prize of Arabic Fiction, Huddud's House is a rich tale of love in the time of war, based in the storied city of Damascus. How far is love willing to travel in search of its own lost voice? When tyranny unleashes destructive forces that threaten to overwhelm a country, what are the effects on the lives and choices of ordinary humans? When citizens become inhabitants of a land of extremes, what do they do, to whom do they flee? Shadowing the days of Syria?s Arab spring, Fadi Azzam?s epic novel, Huddud?s House?a haunting, contemporary novel rooted in the soil of Damascus, the oldest inhabited city in humanity?is a sprawling tale of love in time of war. Focusing on a quartet of characters torn between leaving and returning to Damascus, it follows intertwining stories of love and violence to their boundaries. Azzam writes the spirit of resilience and resistance of the Syrian peoples. A saga on the dangers of ignoring threats or forgetting atrocities, he braves a long-distance search for his people?s voice, one that violence cannot silence. 650 0 $a Interpersonal relations $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Syria $x History $y Civil War, 2011- $v Fiction. 655 7 $a War stories. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Alatrash, Ghada, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D9B49C18084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search