Absent by Khedairi, Betool

Absent

Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle...
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Author: Betool Khedairi
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Language: English
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Absent by Khedairi, Betool

Absent

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Absent

BD$35.29
Author: Betool Khedairi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Betool Khedairi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 07/10/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.71w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780812977424


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2007 pg. 522

About the Author
Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a BA in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food industry while writing A Sky So Close, which was published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1999. She currently lives in Amman.

Muhayman Jamil was born in Baghdad. He is currently an associate specialist in palliative medicine in London. His work as a translator includes the novels Absent and A Sky So Close, both by Betool Khedairi.

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