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In this brief, enigmatic novel by award-winning Lebanese author Barakat (The Tiller of Waters; The Stone of Laughter), an unnamed Christian narrator tells of his relationship with a Muslim woman during Lebanon's civil war. It's a fragmentary cri de coeur told in retrospect from the confines of a Church-run insane asylum with the menace of war still very present. A series of charged events-murder, kidnapping, mortar attacks-add urgency to the narrative, but these are...Log In or Sign Up to Read More