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The American Granddaughter
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"We let ourselves be won over by this novel that describes with such faithfulness and emotion the tearing apart of a country and a woman forever caught between two shores." —Le Monde "Full of poetry and freshness…" —Guide de la rentree litteraire, Lire/VirginWINNER OF FRANCE'S THE LAGARDERE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF ARABIC FICTIONRAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND PATRIOTISM In her award-winning novel, Inaam Kachachi portrays the dual tragedy of her native land: America's failure and the humiliation of Iraq.The American Granddaughter depicts the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of a young Iraqi-American woman, who returns to her country as an interpreter for the US Army. Through the narrator's conflicting emotions, we see the tragedy of a country which, having battled to emerge from dictatorship, then finds itself under foreign occupation.At the beginning of America's occupation of Iraq, Zeina returns to her war-torn homeland as an interpreter for the US Army. Her formidable grandmother?the only family member that Zeina believes she has in Iraq?gravely disapproves of her granddaughter's actions. Then Zeina meets Haider and Muhaymin, two "brothers" she knows nothing of, and falls deeply in love with Muhaymin, a militant in the Al Mehdi Army. These experiences force her to question all her values. von Kachachi, Inaam und Yousif, Narima
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Inaam Kachachi is one of Iraq's leading female novelists. She is the author of Heart Springs and The American Granddaughter, which was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize and published in English by Interlink. She was born in Baghdad in 1952, and studied journalism at Baghdad University before moving to Paris to complete a PhD at the Sorbonne. She is currently the Paris correspondent for London-based Arabic language newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
- Hardcover
- 144 Seiten
- Erschienen 1987
- Fantagraphics
- Hardcover
- 360 Seiten
- Erschienen 2014
- Longanesi