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Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st Anchor ed. --, No Longer Available.
Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st Anchor ed. --, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila. nbsp; Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man--and was thus forced to choose between her children and her lover. As the narrative unfolds through the years--from the bazaars, cinemas and apartments of 1930s Beirut to its war-torn streets decades later--we follow this passionate woman as she survives the tragedies and celebrates the triumphs of a life lived to the very fullest.
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