The Watermelon Boys
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Powerful retelling of popular narratives of the British campaign in Mesopotamia
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Powerful retelling of popular narratives of the British campaign in Mesopotamia
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Winner of the 2019 Betty Trask PrizeIt is the winter of 1915 and Iraq has been engulfed by the First World War. Hungry for independence from Ottoman rule, Ahmad leaves his peaceful family life on the banks of the Tigris to join the British-led revolt. Thousands of miles away, Welsh teenager Carwyn reluctantly enlists and is sent, via Gallipoli and Egypt, to the Mesopotamia campaign.
Carwyn's and Ahmad's paths cross, and their fates are bound together. Both are forever changed, not only by their experience of war, but also by the parallel discrimination and betrayal they face.
Ruqaya Izzidien's evocative debut novel is rich with the heartbreak and passion that arise when personal loss and political zeal collide, and offers a powerful retelling of the history of British intervention in Iraq.
Autoren-Porträt von Ruqaya Izzidien
Izzidien, RuqayaRuqaya Izzidien is an Iraqi-Welsh freelance journalist and writer currently based in Morocco.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ruqaya Izzidien
- 2018, Maße: 13,5 x 20 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Hoopoe
- ISBN-10: 9774168801
- ISBN-13: 9789774168802
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
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