Bamboo Stalk, The

Saud Alsanousi

ISBN 10: 153664000X ISBN 13: 9781536640007

Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, 2017

Synopsis

Josephine escapes poverty by coming to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, an idealistic only son with literary aspirations.

Josephine, with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of war growing ever louder, Rashid bows to family and social pressure and sends her back home with her baby son, Jos. Brought up struggling with his dual identity, Jos clings to the hope of returning to his father's country when he is 18. He is ill prepared to plunge headfirst into a world where the fear of tyrants and dictators is nothing compared to the fear of what will people say. And with a Filipino face, a Kuwaiti passport, an Arab surname, and a Christian first name, will his father's country welcome him?

The Bamboo Stalk takes an unflinching look at the lives of foreign workers in Arab countries and confronts the universal problems of identity, race, and religion.

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About the Author

JONATHAN WRIGHT received his doctorate in history from Oxford University. He has been a Thouron fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellow of the Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany. He is also the author of God's Soldiers, a history of the Jesuits that has been translated into nine languages, and The Ambassadors. 

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Review

"Absorbing." ―The New Yorker

"I was captivated from the first chapter. We need such literature. Alsanousi is an important emerging literary voice." ―Susan Abulhawa, author of MORNINGS IN JENIN

“Alsanousi is a voice of conscience.” ―The Independent

“A force to be reckoned with.” ―The Arab Times

“Ambitious, cultivated and brave.” ―Financial Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 153664000X
• ISBN 13: 9781536640007
• Binding: MP3 CD