LEADER 01386nam a2200181 a 4500
001 1139159
008 221212s2021 nyu g 000 1 eng d
020 $a9781642861013$q(pbk.) :$cUSD16.99
040 $aYDX$beng$cYDX$dBDX$dYDX$dUKMGB$dOCLCO$dOCLCF$dGO4$dSINLB$dVP@$dTOH$dYDX$dCDX$dUAB$dRNL$dTWTNM
041 1#$aeng$hara
082 04$a892.7/7$223
100 1 $aYazbik, Samar.
245 10$aPlanet of clay /$cSamar Yazbek ; translated from the Arabic by Leri Price.
260 # $aNew York :$bWorld Editions,$c2021.
300 $a314 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aTranslation of: Mashshāʼah.
500 $a"First published as Al Machaʼa in 2017 by Dar al-Adab in Lebanon"--T.p. verso.
520 # $aRima, a young girl from Damascus, longs to walk, to be free to follow the will of her feet, but instead is perpetually constrained. She finds refuge in a fantasy world full of colored crayons, secret planets, and The Little Prince, reciting passages of the Qur'an like a mantra as everything and everyone around her is blown to bits. Since Rima hardly ever speaks, people think she's crazy, but she is no fool--the madness is in the battered city around her. One day while taking a bus through Damascus, a soldier opens fire and her mother is killed. Rima, wounded, is taken to a military hospital before her brother leads her to the besieged area of Ghouta--where, between bombings, she writes her story.
586 # $aWinner, English PEN Award
650 #0$aTeenage girls$zSyria$vFiction.
650 #0$aSocial isolation$vFiction.
651 0$aSyria$xHistory$yCivil War, 2011-$vFiction.
651 0$aDamascus (Syria)$vFiction.
700 1#$aPrice, Leri.
765 0#$tMashshāʼah.