{"product_id":"the-frightened-ones-hardcover","title":"The Frightened Ones - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDima Wannous\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Jaquette\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Finalist for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely and haunting novel from an exciting new voice in international literature, set in present-day Syria \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her therapist's waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets a strange and reticent man named Naseem, and they soon begin a tense affair. But when Naseem, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he sends Suleima the unfinished manuscript of his novel. To Suleima's surprise, she and the novel's protagonist are uncannily similar. As she reads, Suleima's past overwhelms her and she has no idea what to trust--Naseem's pages, her own memory, or nothing at all? \u003cbr\u003eNarrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman portrayed in Naseem's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Frightened Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is a boundary-blurring, radical examination of the effects of oppression on one's sense of identity, the effects of collective trauma, and a moving window into life inside Assad's Syria.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDIMA WANNOUS is a Syrian writer and translator who studied French literature at Damascus University and the Sorbonne. \u003ci\u003eThe Frightened Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is her first work to be published in English. She is also the author of a short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eDetails \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Chair \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). She was named as one of the Beirut 39, a group of top Arab writers under the age of forty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769436897568,"sku":"9780525655138","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/070eb6faeeaac3ae6742ae9f032dc055.webp?v=1780348155","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-frightened-ones-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}