{"product_id":"where-the-wind-calls-home-paperback","title":"Where the Wind Calls Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamar Yazbek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeri Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The potent latest from Yazbek (\u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e) weighs the consequences of the Syrian civil war after a 19-year-old soldier, Ali, survives his patrol station's 2013 bombing in the Lattakia mountains. This slim novel packs a punch.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli, a nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian army, lies on the ground beneath a tree. He sees a body being lowered into a hole--is this his funeral? There was that sudden explosion, wasn't there ... While trying to understand the extend of the damage, Ali works his way closer to the tree. His ultimate desire is to fly up to one of its branches, to safety. Through rich vignettes of Ali's memories, we uncover the hardships of his traditional Syrian Alawite village, but also the richness and beauty of its cultural and religious heritage. Yazbek here explores the secrets of the Alawite faith and its relationship to nature and the elements in a tight poetic novel dense with life and hope and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAMAR YAZBEK\u003c\/b\u003e is a Syrian writer, novelist, and journalist. She was born in Jableh in 1970 and studied literature before beginning her career as a journalist and a scriptwriter for Syrian television and film. Her novel \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by World Editions, was a finalist for the National Book Award and longlisted for the Warwick Women in Translation Prize. Her accounts of the Syrian conflict include \u003ci\u003eA Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart \u003c\/i\u003eof Syria. Yazbek's work has been translated into multiple languages and has been recognized with numerous awards--notably, the French Best Foreign Book Award and the PEN-Oxfam Novib, PEN Tucholsky, and PEN Pinter awards. She was recently selected to be part of the International Writers Program with the Royal Society of Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLERI PRICE\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator of contemporary Arabic fiction. She has twice been a Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, in 2021 for her translations of Samar Yazbek's \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2019 for Khaled Khalifa's \u003ci\u003eDeath is \u003ci\u003eHard Work\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer translation of Khalifa's \u003ci\u003eDeath is Hard Work \u003c\/i\u003ealso won the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43589604802649,"sku":"9781642861358","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/ADc7hAzfV09781642861358.webp?v=1783353479","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/where-the-wind-calls-home-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}