Confessions

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Author: Rabee Jaber ISBN: 9780811220682
Publisher: New Directions Publication: March 21, 2016
Imprint: New Directions Language: English
Author: Rabee Jaber
ISBN: 9780811220682
Publisher: New Directions
Publication: March 21, 2016
Imprint: New Directions
Language: English

A powerful novel about trauma and forgiveness, from the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one of the assassins, and raised in a new family. “My father used to kidnap and kill people …” begins this haunting tale of a child who was raised by the murderer of his real family. The narrator of Confessions doesn’t shy away from the horrible truth of his murderous father—instead he confronts his troubled upbringing and seeks to understand the distortions and complexities of his memories, his war-torn country, and the quiet war that rages inside of him.

Finalist for the PEN Translation Prize and PEN Center USA Translation Award.

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A powerful novel about trauma and forgiveness, from the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one of the assassins, and raised in a new family. “My father used to kidnap and kill people …” begins this haunting tale of a child who was raised by the murderer of his real family. The narrator of Confessions doesn’t shy away from the horrible truth of his murderous father—instead he confronts his troubled upbringing and seeks to understand the distortions and complexities of his memories, his war-torn country, and the quiet war that rages inside of him.

Finalist for the PEN Translation Prize and PEN Center USA Translation Award.

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