We Are All Equally Far From Love - Softcover
A new award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of Touch
A young woman, asked at work to write a letter to an older man, does as she is told. So begins an enigmatic but passionate love affair conducted entirely in letters. A love affair? Maybe. Until his letters stop coming. Or... maybe the letters do not reach their intended recipient? Only the teenage Afaf, who works at the local post office, would know. Her favorite duty is to open the mail and inform her collaborator father of the contents until she finds a mysterious set of love letters, apparently returned to their sender.
In the hands of Adania Shibli, the discovery of these letters makes for a wrenching meditation on lives lived ensnared within the dictates of others.
A young woman, asked at work to write a letter to an older man, does as she is told. So begins an enigmatic but passionate love affair conducted entirely in letters. A love affair? Maybe. Until his letters stop coming. Or... maybe the letters do not reach their intended recipient? Only the teenage Afaf, who works at the local post office, would know. Her favorite duty is to open the mail and inform her collaborator father of the contents until she finds a mysterious set of love letters, apparently returned to their sender.
In the hands of Adania Shibli, the discovery of these letters makes for a wrenching meditation on lives lived ensnared within the dictates of others.
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Adania Shibli, born in 1974 in Palestine, is two-time winner of the Qattan Foundation s Young Writer s Award for this and her acclaimed novel Touch.
Paul Starkey is head of the Arabic department at Durham University, England. He is the author of Modern Arabic Literature and a prolific translator.
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Paul Starkey is head of the Arabic department at Durham University, England. He is the author of Modern Arabic Literature and a prolific translator.
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The work of award-winning Palestinian writer Adania Shibli has been published in literary magazines in the Middle East and Europe and in the Words Without Borders anthology The World Through the Eyes of Writers (2007). Anton Shammas calls Shibli "one of my most favorite Arab writers.... She has created for herself in recent years something that, especially for a young writer, is hard to achieve: a solid literary presence, a distinct voice, and a unique style." The following is an excerpt from chapter 1 of her novel Kulluna Ba'eed Bethat el-Miqdar 'an el Hub (2004).
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A young woman is instructed by her boss to write a letter to an older man. His reply begins an enigmatic but passionate love affair conducted entirely in letters. Until, that is, his letters stop coming.but did the letters ever reach their intended recipient? Only the teenage Afaf, who works at the local post office, would know. Her duty is to open the mail and inform her collaborator father of the contents - until she finds a mysterious set of love letters, for which she selects another destiny. Afaf has lived in shame ever since her mother left her father for another man. And in this novel, her story is followed in turn by another: the story of a woman who leaves her husband for someone else, to whom she declares her love in a letter - The chain of stories that make up this singular novel form a wrenching examination of relationships and their limits - relationships tenuous, oblique, and momentous. In prose at once fierce and subtle, We Are All Equally Far from Love is a haunting portrait of alienation and desire. Adania Shibli, born in Palestine in 1974, is the author of Touch, also available from Clockroot Books.Paul Starkey is the author of Modern Arabic Literature and a prolific translator. "Shibli is widely recognized as an innovative writer who is breaking literary tradition in her native Arabic - Touch is both remarkable and difficult, beautifully lucid and yet also mysterious - This is not a book to be shelved once finished." - Patricia Sarrafian Ward, the Electronic Intifada A young woman is instructed by her boss to write a letter to an older man. His reply begins an enigmatic but passionate love affair conducted entirely in letters. Until, that is, his letters stop coming. but did the letters ever reach their intended recipient? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781566568630
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