Sinan Antoon: Of Loss and Lavender, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Of Loss and Lavender
- Publisher:
- Other Press (NY), 03/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781635425703
- Item number:
- 12332205
- Volume:
- 256 Pages
- Weight:
- 367 g
- Format:
- 203 x 133 mm
- Thickness:
- 16 mm
- Release date:
- 17.3.2026
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War.
Sami, a retired doctor, lives with his son and grandchildren in Brooklyn. As he tries to navigate this new city, it becomes increasingly clear he is losing his memory due to dementia. Every day he sinks deeper into old memories of a life in Iraq before the war.
Omar arrived in the US with no family. He has run away from Baghdad with a fake identity. As a deserter, he was punished by having an ear cut off, an unmissable mark of shame. From Detroit to a farm in New Jersey, Omar works menial jobs, creates a new identity---comically passing as Puerto Rican---and dreams of reconstructive surgery to get his ear, and his dignity, back.
As their stories unexpectedly converge Of Loss and Lavender creates a moving portrait of life in exile, deftly exploring the aftermath of war and relocation.
Biography
Sinan Antoon, geboren 1967 als Sohn eines irakischen Vaters und einer amerikanischen Mutter, studierte englische und arabische Literatur sowie Arabistik. Lebt seit 1991 in den USA. Er veröffentlichte Gedichte und Essays auf Arabisch und Englisch in Zeitschriften der arabischen Welt, ausserdem die Gedichtsammlung "The Baghdad Blues". Daneben ist er als Übersetzer und Dokumentarfilmer ("About Baghdad") sowie als Assistenzprofessor an der New York University tätig. 2008/09 ist Antoon Fellow am Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
