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008    190701s2019    mau    e      000 1 eng   
010      2019027948 
020    9781623719821|q(paperback) 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW 
041 1  eng|hara 
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082 00 892.7/36|223 
092    |fF|aISMAIL 
100 1  Ismʻl, Ismʻl Fahd,|eauthor. 
245 14 The old woman and the river /|ca novel by Ismail Fahd 
       Ismail ; translated by  Sophia Vasalou. 
264  1 Northampton, Masssachusetts :|bInterlink Books, an imprint
       of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.,|c2019. 
300    176 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "After the ceasefire in 1988, the devastation to the 
       landscape of Iraq wrought by the longest war of the 
       twentieth century - the Iran-Iraq War - becomes visible. 
       Eight years of fighting have turned nature upside down, 
       with vast wastelands being left behind. In southeastern 
       Iraq, along the shores of the Shatt al-Arab River, the 
       groves of date palm trees have withered. No longer bearing
       fruit, their leaves have turned a bright yellow. There, 
       Iraqi forces had blocked the entry points of the river's 
       tributaries and streams, preventing water from flowing to 
       the trees and vegetation. Yet, surveying this destruction 
       from the sky, a strip of land bursting with green can be 
       seen. Beginning from the Shatt al-Arab River and reaching 
       to the fringes of the western desert, several kilometers 
       wide, it appears as a lush oasis of some kind. The secret 
       of this fertility, sustaining villages and remaining 
       soldiers, is unclear. But it is said that one old woman is
       responsible for this lifeline"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Civilians in war|zIraq|vFiction. 
650  0 Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988|xEnvironmental aspects|vFiction. 
700 1  Vasalou, Sophia,|etranslator. 
730 0  Subaylyt.|lEnglish.