{"product_id":"notes-from-a-lost-country-edited-by-sinan-antoon","title":"Notes from a Lost Country. Edited by Sinan Antoon. Saqi Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed ‘\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year So Far’ by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSami, a retired doctor, lives in Brooklyn with his son and grandchildren. But he is losing his way. Every day he drifts further into dementia, pulled back into memories of the Iraq he was forced to leave after the 2003 Gulf War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmar arrives in the United States alone. A deserter from the Iraqi army, he was punished swiftly and brutally: his ear was cut off. Omar carries this mark of shame in silence and refuses to speak of the past. He works menial jobs, creates a new identity and dreams of reconstructive surgery to get his ear, and his dignity, back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet neither Sami nor Omar are quite as alone in America as they believe. Exploring the lingering wounds of war and the way the past shadows new beginnings,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from a Lost Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a deeply moving and achingly beautiful portrait of life in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"section\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eNotes From a Lost Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a powerful investigation of reinvention, memory and forgetting... [a] fine and nuanced novel.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ravishing, heartbreaking, and often absurd,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes From a Lost Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a novel on exile in all its meanings, panoramic in implications but distilled down like a fine elixir. I adored it.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMolly Crabapple\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A haunting story of two men — one desperate to remember, the other to forget. In exploring the cost of erasing one’s past, Antoon reveals the deep fractures of exile and identity. This novel marks a bold new chapter in Antoon’s work. With his gift for creating unforgettable, layered characters, Antoon leaves readers with echoes that linger long after the final page.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHassan Abdulrazzak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A moving portrait of the aftermath of war and life in exile.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ChertLuedde Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60089756287310,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/6571\/9987\/files\/9781849251235_final.jpg?v=1783672346","url":"https:\/\/books.chertluedde.com\/products\/notes-from-a-lost-country-edited-by-sinan-antoon","provider":"ChertLuedde Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}