LEADER 00000pam 2200337 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20200923122135.0 008 191209s2020 nyu e 000 1 eng 010 2019055958 020 9780525655138|q(hardback) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dGCmBT|dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng|hara 042 pcc 043 a-sy--- 082 00 892.7/37|223 092 |fF|aWANNOUS 100 1 Wannūs, Dīmah,|d1982-|eauthor. 245 14 The frightened ones /|cDima Wannous ; translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette. 250 First United States edition. 264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2020. 300 195 pages ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 "In her therapist's waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist's life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim's novel, The Frightened Ones is a probing examination of life in Assad's Syria and the devastating effects of oppression on one's sense of identity"--|cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Man-woman relationships|vFiction. 651 0 Syria|xHistory|yCivil War, 2011-|vFiction. 700 1 Jaquette, Elisabeth,|etranslator. 730 0 Khaifoun.|lEnglish.
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