{"product_id":"the-hidden-light-of-objects-9781849250856","title":"The Hidden Light of Objects","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young girl, renamed Amerika in honour of the US role in the liberation of Kuwait, finds her name has become a barometer of her country's growing hostility towards the West. A self-conscious Palestinian teenager is drawn into a botched suicide bombing by two belligerent classmates. A middle-aged man dying from cancer looks back on his extramarital affairs and the abiding forgiveness of his wife. A Kuwaiti woman returns to her family after being held captive in Iraq for a decade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe headlines tell of war, unrest and religious clashes. But if you look beyond them you will see life in the Middle East as it is really lived - adolescent love, the fragility of marriage, pain of the most quotidian kind. Mai Al-Nakib's luminous stories unveil the lives of ordinary people - and the power of objects to hold extraordinary memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMai Al-Nakib is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unlasting Home\u003c\/i\u003e (Saqi Books, 2023). Her short stories have appeared in publications including 'Ninth Letter', 'The First Line', 'After the Pause' and \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Light of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e won the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award in 2014. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University and teaches English and comparative literature at Kuwait University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623681294610,"sku":"9781849250856","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3d9d548-ca4b-475c-8e0b-8611058926ad.jpg?v=1758644350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hidden-light-of-objects-9781849250856","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}