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Author:

Wannūs, Dīmā, 1982- author.

Title:

The frightened ones / Dima Wannous ; translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette.

Edition:

First United States edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

195 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Families--Fiction.
Individuality--Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Manuscripts--Fiction.
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Fiction.

Other Authors:

Jaquette, Elisabeth, translator.

Other Titles:

Khaifoun. English

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Summary:

"In her therapist's waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist's life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim's novel, The Frightened Ones is a probing examination of life in Assad's Syria and the devastating effects of oppression on one's sense of identity"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0525655131
9780525655138

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1128194553

LCCN:

2019055958

Locations:

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)