{"product_id":"voices-of-the-lost-9780300255263","title":"Voices of the Lost","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, this novel weaves together a series of devastating confessions about life in contemporary Arab society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Barakat isn't writing about 'the immigrant.' She's writing about the human.\"--Rumaan Alam, \u003ci\u003e4columns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Spare and deep, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e captivates. Hoda Barakat is one of Lebanon's greatest gifts to literature, and Booth allows her English audience to explore this painful and irresistible present.\"--Amy Bloom, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Houses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an unnamed country torn apart by war, six strangers are compelled to share their darkest secrets. Taking pen to paper, each character attempts to put in writing what they can't bring themselves to say to the person they love--mother, father, brother, lost love. Their words form a chain of dark confessions, none of which reaches the intended recipient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Profound, troubling, and deeply human, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e tells the moving story of characters living on the periphery, battling with displacement, devastating poverty, and the demons within themselves. From one of today's most talented Arabic writers, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent story of lives intimately woven together in a society that is tearing itself apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoda Barakat\u003c\/b\u003e has published five novels and two plays. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Booth\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Arabic languages and literature at Magdalen College, Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922557767954,"sku":"9780300255263","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03703c76-591f-4dff-9904-2b0601ecf847.jpg?v=1738932512","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/voices-of-the-lost-9780300255263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}