The American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi
We let ourselves be won over by this novel that describes with such faithfulness and emotion the tearing apart of a country and a woman forever caught between two shores. ' Le Monde Full of poetry and freshness' ' Guide de la rentree litteraire, Lire/Virgin WINNER OF FRANCE'S THE LAGARDERE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF ARABIC FICTION
RAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND PATRIOTISM In her award-winning novel, Inaam Kachachi portrays the dual tragedy of her native land: America's failure and the humiliation of Iraq. The American Granddaughter depicts the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of a young Iraqi-American woman, who returns to her country as an interpreter for the US Army. Through the narrator's conflicting emotions, we see the tragedy of a country which, having battled to emerge from dictatorship, then finds itself under foreign occupation. At the beginning of America's occupation of Iraq, Zeina returns to her war-torn homeland as an interpreter for the US Army. Her formidable grandmother--the only family member that Zeina believes she has in Iraq--gravely disapproves of her granddaughter's actions. Then Zeina meets Haider and Muhaymin, two brothers she knows nothing of, and falls deeply in love with Muhaymin, a militant in the Al Mehdi Army. These experiences force her to question all her values.
'We let ourselves be won over by this novel that describes with such faithfulness and emotion the tearing apart of a country and a woman forever caught between two shores' Le Monde 'Full of poetry and freshness' Guide de la rentree litteraire, Lire/Virgin 'Here's an extraordinary burst of writing to jolt us out of indifferenceIn one of the most beautiful novels of the new season, Inaam Kachachi portrays the dual tragedy of her native land: the failure of American and the humilation of Iraq' Marianne
Born in Baghdad, Inaam Kachachi currently lives in Paris. She has a PhD in journalism and two previously published nonfiction titles: Paroles d'Irakiennes: Le drame irakien ecrit par des femmes (Iraqis Speak: The Iraqi Drama in Women's Writing, 2003) and Lorna, ses annees avec Jawad Salim (biography of the English painter Lorna Hailes, 1997).
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| ISBN 13 | 9789992142042 |
| ISBN 10 | 9992142049 |
| Title | The American Granddaughter |
| Author | Inaam Kachachi |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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