{"product_id":"of-loss-and-lavender-9781635425703","title":"Of Loss and Lavender","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSami, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOmar 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs their stories unexpectedly converge \u003ci\u003eOf Loss and Lavender\u003c\/i\u003e creates a moving portrait of life in exile, deftly exploring the aftermath of war and relocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sinan Antoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635425703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinan Antoon \u003c\/b\u003eis an Iraqi poet, novelist, translator, and scholar. His novels include \u003ci\u003eI`jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Corpse Washer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baghdad Eucharist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Collateral Damage\u003c\/i\u003e. Antoon's works have been translated into sixteen languages. His essays and op-eds have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJournal of World Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e His translation of Mahmoud Darwish's\u003ci\u003e In the Presence of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2012 American Literary Translators Association Award and his translation of Ibtisam Azem's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disappearance \u003c\/i\u003ewas long-listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize. He is an associate professor at New York University\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sinan Antoon \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792899621021,"sku":"9781635425703","price":35.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_24f69672-23e2-4767-9965-cb963085c47d.jpg?v=1774984499","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/of-loss-and-lavender-9781635425703","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}