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The Frightened Ones

الخائفون · Al-Kha'ifun

Dima Wannous (ديمة ونوس, born 1982)

Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette

English editions

In English

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Suleima, anxious, reads the pages that Naseem has sent her and finds an unfinished novel about a woman made of fear, just like her, and wonders whether he wants her to write its ending.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
176 pages in the original
First published
2017 by Dar al-Adab
Author's age
35 when first published
ISBN

9789953895413 (original)

9781787300378 (Harvill Secker, United Kingdom)

9780525655138 (Knopf, United States)

9781784707996 (Vintage, United Kingdom)

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