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2013., Pocket Call No: FR Fic Kha Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Il se faisait appeler Turambo, du nom de son village natal. Il avait pour lui sa candeur désarmante et un direct du gauche foudroyant. Il connut la gloire, l'argent et la fièvre des rings, mais aucun trophée ne faisait frémir son me mieux que le regard d'une femme. De Nora à Louise, d'Aïda à Irène, il cherchait un sens à sa vie. Mais dans un monde où la cupidité règne en maître absolu, l'amour se met parfois en grand danger. Une splendide évocation de l'Algérie de l'entre-deux-guerres, où Yasmina Khadra met en scène, plus qu'une éducation sentimentale, le parcours obstiné d'un jeune prodige adulé par les foules. " Un magnifique portrait d'homme intègre foudroyé par une tragédie qu'il n'a pu esquiver. " Lire.
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2005., Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Call No: Fic Kha Edition: 1st ed. in the United States. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibrarySample text Summary Note: "Dr. Amin Jaafari, an Arab-Israeli citizen, is a surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. Dedicated to his work, respected and admired by his colleagues and community, he represents integration at its most successful. He has learned to live with the violence and chaos that plague his city, and on the night of a deadly bombing in a local restaurant, he works tirelessly to help the shocked and shattered patients brought to the emergency room. But this night of turmoil and death takes a horrifyingly personal turn. His wife$1 (Bs body is found among the dead, with massive injuries, the police coldly announce, typical of those found on the bodies of fundamentalist suicide bombers. As evidence mounts that his wife, Sihem, was responsible for the catastrophic bombing, Dr. Jaafari is torn between cherished memories of their years together and the inescapable realization that the beautiful, intelligent, thoroughly modern woman he loved had a life far removed from the comfortable, assimilated existence they shared. From the graphic, beautifully rendered description of the bombing that opens the novel to the searing conclusion, The Attack portrays the reality of terrorism and its incalculable spiritual costs. Intense and humane, devoid of political bias, hatred, and polemics, it probes deep inside the Muslim world and gives readers a profound understanding of what seems impossible to understand."--Publisher's description.
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2016., Firefly Books Call No: GN Fic Dau Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Attack opens with Amin Jaafari, an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian origin, trying to save the casualties of a suicide bombing. A day after the deadly attack, an Israeli police officer informs Jaafari that the suicide bomber was his wife, Sihem. Believing her to be on an overnight trip, he completely refuses to accept the accusation. They were leading an ideal life in Tel Aviv, moving among both Arab and Israeli society with ease, or so Jaafari thought. But then he receives a posthumous message from Sihem confirming the worst. Desperate to understand how he missed even the slightest clue, Jaafari leaves the relative security of Israel and enters the Palestinian territories to find the fanatics who recruited her. In search of the truth, he confronts a reality that he had refused to see.
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2004., Adult, Nan A. Talese Call No: Fic Kha Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in Kabul, this novel shows the effects of the Taliban's rule on two couples. Mohsen comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban have destroyed, while his wife Zunaira can no longer pursue her career as a teacher. Atiq, a prison keeper who has adopted the Taliban ideology, struggles to keep his faith while his wife suffers from an incurable illness.
