{"product_id":"water-on-fire-a-memoir-of-war-paperback","title":"Water on Fire: A Memoir of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTarek El-Ariss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war-torn Lebanon and his family's fascinating history, coming to terms with trauma and desire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of immigration that starts in a Beirut devastated by the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90), continues with experiences of displacement in Europe and Africa, moves to northeastern American towns battered by lake-effect snow and economic woes, and ends in New York City on 9\/11. A story of loss, but also of evolution, it models a kind of resilience inflected with humor, daring, and irreverence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternating between his perspective as a child and as an adult, Tarek El-Ariss explores how we live with trauma, poignantly illustrating the profound impact of war on our perception of the world, our fears and longings. His memoir is at once historical and universal, intellectual and introspective, the outcome of a long and painful process of excavation that reveals internal turmoil and the predicament of conflict and separation. A contemporary \"interpretation of dreams\" dealing with monsters, invisible creatures, skin outbreaks, and the sea, it is a book about objects and elements, like water and fire, and about how encountering these elements triggers associations, connecting present and past, time and space.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTarek El-Ariss \u003c\/b\u003eis the James Wright Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College and was a Guggenheim Fellow (2021-22). Trained in philosophy, comparative literature, and visual and cultural studies at the American University of Beirut, the University of Rochester, and Cornell University, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of the MLA anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748957356320,"sku":"9781635424461","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c1321d1040139a9e25bb22130821947.webp?v=1779921300","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/water-on-fire-a-memoir-of-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}