Of Loss and Lavender by Antoon, Sinan
Of Loss and Lavender by Antoon, Sinan

Of Loss and Lavender

In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a...
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Author: Sinan Antoon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Of Loss and Lavender by Antoon, Sinan

Of Loss and Lavender

$64.99 $35.97
Of Loss and Lavender by Antoon, Sinan

Of Loss and Lavender

$64.99 $35.97
Author: Sinan Antoon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War.

Sami, a retired doctor, lives with his son and grandchildren in Brooklyn. As he tries to navigate this new city, it becomes increasingly clear he is losing his memory due to dementia. Every day he sinks deeper into old memories of a life in Iraq before the war.

Omar arrived in the US with no family. He has run away from Baghdad with a fake identity. As a deserter, he was punished by having an ear cut off, an unmissable mark of shame. From Detroit to a farm in New Jersey, Omar works menial jobs, creates a new identity--comically passing as Puerto Rican--and dreams of reconstructive surgery to get his ear, and his dignity, back.

As their stories unexpectedly converge Of Loss and Lavender creates a moving portrait of life in exile, deftly exploring the aftermath of war and relocation.

Author: Sinan Antoon
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781635425703

About the Author
Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi poet, novelist, translator, and scholar. His novels include I`jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, The Corpse Washer, The Baghdad Eucharist, and The Book of Collateral Damage. Antoon's works have been translated into sixteen languages. His essays and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, and Journal of World Literature. His translation of Mahmoud Darwish's In the Presence of Absence won the 2012 American Literary Translators Association Award and his translation of Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance was long-listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize. He is an associate professor at New York University.
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