Packaged Lives - Ten Stories and a Novella (Paperback)

The carefully crafted, subtle, and humorous stories in Packaged Lives show Zangana at her best as a fiction writer. She portrays her subjects keenly, sensitively, and lovingly but without compromise. Iraqis living in exile come to life in her narratives as men and women who are caught between two worlds. They cannot return to their homeland and are forced to wait for news of Iraq from afar. At the same time, they are unable to fully adjust to life in Britain and make a new home for themselves. The question "What is home?" is at the heart of each story in this collection. Her protagonists, who are stuck in ready-made lives, or "packaged lives," struggle to set themselves free from a web of relationships in which they are entangled. Art, poetry, and nature provide lines of escape. The relief may be fleeting, but the peace of mind and serenity are reached through the moment of epiphany at the end of each story, a much-needed balm.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Middle East Literature In Translation
Release date:	December 2021
Authors:	Haifa Zangana • Wen-chin Ouyang
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-1137-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-8156-1137-4
Barcode:	9780815611370

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