- Fiction, History, Lebanon Civil War, 1975-1990, Middle eastern fiction
This is the story of a woman abducted by militiamen during the Civil War in Lebanon and executed. It reveals the tribal mentality which makes the Middle East a dangerous powerhouse. It constitutes a new narrative form and is already a classic of war literature. Sitt Marie-Rose won the France-Pays Arabes award in Paris and has been translated into six languages. --from Publisher's description.
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Grave, earnest, bleak and prestige.
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- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Etel Adnan
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 105
- Publisher
- Post Apollo Press, Post-Apollo Press, Post Apollo Pr
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780942996029
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