The Weight of a Mustard Seed by Wendell Steavenson
The Weight of a Mustard Seed is the intimate, startling and gripping account of the slow destruction of a man, his family and his country. General Kamel Sachet was a decorated hero of the long Iran-Iraq war and a favourite of Saddam Hussein's. He was also a devoted family man; his sons and daughters revered him, depended on him and suffered for him. In the end they would also grieve for him, when Sachet realized, too late, the degree to which he was a participant in the terror regime that had strangled his country and suffocated its people. In The Weight of a Mustard Seed, Wendell Steavenson pieces together the stories of Kamel Sachet, his wife, his sons and daughters, his friends and neighbours under Saddam's long and gruelling tyranny. It is quite unlike any other book ever written on Iraq.
'A sparkling, poetical hymn to the most romantic and dangerous land in the world' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'This is the first published book of a practiced and very gifted writer, a young Kapuscinski with a literary future ahead of her...an immensely talented writer.' Neal Ascherson, Observer
Wendell Steavenson is the author of the acclaimed Stories I Stole (Atlantic Books, 2002), which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. She has worked for Time and written for a variety of publications including the Telegraph, Granta, Prospect and the New Yorker. She lives in Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843543053 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843543052 |
| Title | The Weight of a Mustard Seed |
| Author | Wendell Steavenson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2009-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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