The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous

The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous

Out of the blue, Suleima's lover sends her a book he has written. Time begins to fold in on itself, her sense of identity unravels, she has no idea what to trust Naseems pages, her own memory both or neither?

‘THE FRIGHTENED ONES eloquently locates the crux of the Syrian experience, during a time of brutal repressionIn this brilliant novel, Dima Wannous tells us the story of the revolution through the voices of two women . . . With its economy of language, this captivating novel leaves us astounded by the ability of literature to create beauty amidst pain.’ * Elias Khoury *

'A complex tale of revolution, displacement, delusional love . . . most memorable in surreal details and glancing tales. The analyst Kamil emerges as the novel’s quiet hero – strangely reminiscent of Dr Rieux in Camus’s The Plague'

* Guardian *
The nerve-stretching tension and horror of life in Assad’s Syria is conveyed in this cunningly constructed novel… [The Frightened Ones] shortlisted for the Arabic International Prize for Literature, examines how fear strangles lives. It’s brutal and unsettling -- David Mills * Sunday Times *
A brilliant and terrifying split-personality novel... The novel is full of vivid and terrifying descriptions of the effects of fear * Al Fanar *
An eerie and sharp-eyed vision of love, anxiety, and family, and it is beautifully translated * Al Fanar, *Books of the Year* *

Dima Wannous (Author)
Dima Wannous was born in 1982. She is a writer and translator who studied French literature at Damascus University and the Sorbonne. She is the author of a short story collection, Details (2007), and two novels, The Chair (2008) and The Frightened Ones (2017), which was shortlisted for the Arabic International Prize for Literature.

Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)
Elisabeth Jaquette is a translator from the Arabic, whose work includes Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue (shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize), Rania Mamoun’s Thirteen Months of Sunrise, and Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail. She is also Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association.

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ISBN 13	9781787300378
ISBN 10	1787300374
Title	The Frightened Ones
Author	Dima Wannous
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2020-04-09
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.