TY  - BOOK
AU  - ʻAzzām,Fādī
AU  - Talib,Adam
TI  - Sarmada
SN  - 9781566568722
AV  - PJ7914.Z88 S2713 2012
U1  - 892.7/37 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Interlink Books
KW  - Women
KW  - Syria
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Religious tolerance
KW  - Druzes
KW  - fast
KW  - Arabic fiction
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Translations into English
N2  - A world away from Damascus, in the remote hills of Syria, lies Sarmada, a Druze village whose people and landscape are animated with a strange magic. In the rocky isolation of Sarmada, words take on new meanings and people take on new format, as fantasy, sex, transmigrating souls, potions and soothsayers all conspire. The country may struggle against the forces of the Ottoman Empire, the French, and then the Ba'ath, but in the village it is the forces of society, family, and passion that are all-important. Through the stories of three of Sarmada's women, this bold and dazzling novel portrays desire and destiny in a place beyond history. Fadi Azzam's Sarmada is a captivating, unforgettable debut
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