Novel tells human story behind Mideast crisis: Verses of Forgiveness

From: Arab American News | Date: October 4, 2002 | Copyright information


Arab American News

10-04-2002

Myriam Antaki's acclaimed and provocative novel Verses of Forgiveness,
newly translated into English and to be published in November by Other
Press, will offer a unique glimpse inside the world of a Palestinian
suicide bomber through the timeless prism of fiction. Written prior to
September 11th, Verses is a lyrical, poetic narrative that dares to take on
a subject that, at this moment in time, arouses the most intense e...

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