The Kingdom of Strangers

by Elias Khoury

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"This mosaic portrayal of its author's native Lebanon besieged by civil war in fact expands into a generalized examination of the chaos and despair suffered by families everywhere during wartime ... (I)n the tale of Widad the Circassian peasant girl who becomes the beloved wife of the wealthy merchant who 'buys' her, (Khoury) creates a stingingly dramatic tale". -- Kirkus Reviews… (more)

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Haydar, Paula	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Kingdom of Strangers

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Mamlakat al-Ghuraba

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"This mosaic portrayal of its author's native Lebanon besieged by civil war in fact expands into a generalized examination of the chaos and despair suffered by families everywhere during wartime ... (I)n the tale of Widad the Circassian peasant girl who becomes the beloved wife of the wealthy merchant who 'buys' her, (Khoury) creates a stingingly dramatic tale". -- Kirkus Reviews

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