A Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi

A Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi

In this elegant, incisive debut, a young girl comes of age while aching for a sense of belonging. Daughter of an Iraqi father and an English mother, the unnamed narrator struggles with isolation both in the traditional Iraqi countryside where she's raised and at the Western school of music and ballet that her mother insists she attend. Though she finds some semblance of solace in dance, her trials increase when her family moves to Baghdad. Then comes the outbreak of war, which compels her to move with her mother to England, where her most pointed heartaches await. Gently poetic but emotionally unflinching, A Sky So Close is a daringly fresh look into the clash between East and West and into the soul of a woman formed by two cultures yet fully accepted by neither.

Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a BA in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food industry while writing A Sky So Close, which was published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1999. She currently lives in Amman.

Muhayman Jamil was born in Baghdad. He is currently an associate specialist in palliative medicine in London. His work as a translator includes the novels Absent and A Sky So Close, both by Betool Khedairi.

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ISBN 13	9780385720786
ISBN 10	0385720785
Title	A Sky So Close
Author	Betool Khedairi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-05-14
Number of pages	256
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