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The Old Woman and the River
السبيليات · Al-Sabiliyat
Ismail Fahd Ismail (إسماعيل فهد إسماعيل, born 1940)
Translated by Sophia Vasalou
English editions
In EnglishThe Old Woman and the River
Interlink Books · United States · 7 October 2019 · Paperback · 176 pages
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In the Iran–Iraq War, troops seal the river mouths along the Shatt al-Arab with earth and the palm groves die, all but one green strip running to the desert at al-Sabiliyat. The novel traces this strip to an old woman who, alone, keeps the village's crops and the soldiers posted there alive.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 162 pages in the original
- Genres
- War, Nature (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iraq, 1980s
- First published
- 2016 by Nova Plus
- Author's age
- 76 when first published
- ISBN
9789996694127 (original)
9781623719821 (Interlink Books, United States)