{"product_id":"touch-9781566568074","title":"Touch","description":"A Simon \u0026amp; Schuster eBook. Simon \u0026amp; Schuster has a great book for every reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdania Shibli\u003c\/b\u003e, novelist, essayist, and playwright, has twice received the A.M. Qattan Foundation's Young Writer Award-Palestine. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Equally Far From Love \u003c\/i\u003e(Interlink). Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eMinor Detail, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the National Book Award and longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Haydar\u003c\/b\u003e is Clinical Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Arkansas. She holds a PhD degree in comparative literature and an M.F.A. degree in literary translation. She has translated numerous novels by contemporary Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian authors. Her translation of Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy's \u003ci\u003eJune Rain\u003c\/i\u003e was selected as the highly commended runner-up of the 2014 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and also made the \u003ci\u003eDaily Star\u003c\/i\u003e's list of Top Middle East Novels of 2014. Her translations of Lebanese authors also include three novels by Elias Khoury (\u003ci\u003eGates of the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey of Little Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e) and three novels by Rashid al-Daif (\u003ci\u003eThis Side of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLearning English\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Meryl Streep?\u003c\/i\u003e). Her translations of novels by Palestinian writers include Sahar Khalifeh's \u003ci\u003eThe End of Spring \u003c\/i\u003eand Adania Shibli's \u003ci\u003eTouch\u003c\/i\u003e (Interlink). Her most recent translation is \u003ci\u003eWhat Price Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e by Jordanian writer Jamal Naji.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clockroot Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50589408002322,"sku":"9781566568074","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7ae291ca-3b77-452f-ae6f-082c67c950ee.jpg?v=1732073909","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/touch-9781566568074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}