<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="200835">
  <title><![CDATA[Sitt Marie Rose]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[094299633X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780942996333]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632949m/200835.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">200835</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">5</books_count>
  <default_description>Sitt Marie Rose, a Christian Lebanese woman, is the beloved teacher of deaf-mute children during the civil war. Her only mistake? She has a deep sympathy and connection to the Palestinian refugees inside of Lebanon. Seen as a traitor to the Christian cause, she is kidnapped and brutally executed in front of her own students. Sitt Marie Rose is an experimental novel about the causes and motivations behind the unfathomable bloodshed in Lebanon. Reaching beneath the exterior surfaces of the individuals involved in the murder, this powerful novel interrogates the political, religious, and patriarchal ideologies that lead naturally and inevitably to horror.</default_description>
  <id type="integer">1320279</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1977</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Sitt Marie Rose</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:67|5:20|4:24|3:15|2:5|1:3|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">67</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">254</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">85</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">15</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.79]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[66]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[14]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200835.Sitt_Marie_Rose]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="117156">
      <name><![CDATA[Etel Adnan]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/117156.Etel_Adnan]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[4.20]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[147]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[24]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="85">
    <review id="44875959">
    <user id="369489">
    <name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/369489-rachel]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 30 12:33:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 12:03:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Possibly one of the most powerful, passionate works of fiction I have ever read. Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose is both an attack and an interrogation of her own history, her own identity, just as much as it is an attack on the tribal and religious justifications for the violence and terror of the civil wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44875959">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44875959]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6174381">
    <user id="376260">
    <name><![CDATA[Alika]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/376260-alika-yarnell]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People that like experimental, didactic fiction involving war]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 13 18:35:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 13 18:40:31 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book started off so nonchalant--well, maybe that's not the word, but it was definitely more of a straight-forward narrative but then it started getting really intense. And I don't mean the depictions of the war, after that part, when we get a lot of Sitt Marie-Rose's POV, or her dialog or thoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6174381">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6174381]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="43322043">
    <user id="1909657">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Burbank, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1909657-jessica]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 22:19:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 22:19:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a powerful book about a woman who is executed by the Christian militia during the Lebanese Civil War.  It is written in a jumpy manner, part one prewar and about a woman who is attempting to write a script for a movie.  Part two is a bit confusing because it is written from the perspectives ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43322043">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43322043]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47395328">
    <user id="1794484">
    <name><![CDATA[Hobblebush]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1794484-hobblebush]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 12:27:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 24 12:31:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Strange and disturbing novella about the Lebanese civil war and its psychology of violence. Very French (was originally written in French, I believe) in being idea-driven.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47395328]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57155075">
    <user id="2333669">
    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2333669-steven-salaita]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 24 10:38:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 10:38:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A sharp condemnation of sectarianism, with a focus on the interrelation between sexual deviance and political violence.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57155075]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49585840">
    <user id="2137502">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2137502-matt]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 13:52:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 13:53:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[maybe the best paragraph ive read]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49585840]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76370313">
    <user id="836862">
    <name><![CDATA[Shibbie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/836862-shibbie]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="2009" />
        <shelf name="read-for-school" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 01 08:47:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 15 08:34:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Interesting added perspectives on the Lebanese Civil War and excellent anti-war book. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76370313]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="23854074">
    <user id="1072178">
    <name><![CDATA[Juliane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Germany]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1072178-juliane]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="1970s" />
        <shelf name="biography-memoirs" />
        <shelf name="ethnic-religious-conflicts" />
        <shelf name="middle-east" />
        <shelf name="war" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 06 08:59:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 30 01:48:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Beirut 1975. The sad truth of Lebanon civil war. Sitt Marie Rose supports Palestinian refugees, is beeing arrested and shall be sentenced by Mounir, her early love. Etel Adnan shows us the inhumanity of civil war, the conflict between Libanese &amp; Palestinians. Frightening, stirring and very very sad.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23854074">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23854074]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="491783">
    <user id="37229">
    <name><![CDATA[Noren]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlottesville, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/37229-noren]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 29 21:27:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 29 21:30:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Adventuous and refreshing in structure and symbolism, Sitt Marie Rose feels confusing through the first read, but in the end, it justifies all its elements.  Beautiful, elegant, well-though out, and it made me cry.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/491783]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1847950">
    <user id="125672">
    <name><![CDATA[amira]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/125672-amira]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 11 09:38:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 11 09:44:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Shifting, multiple points of view give different perspectives on war in lebanon, late 1970s, all distinctly colored by adnan's fierce anger at religious justifications for brutal violence. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1847950]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34735662">
    <user id="913430">
    <name><![CDATA[Zein]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/913430-zein]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 07 10:29:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 07 10:31:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book that I read about this civil war (that I am familiar with.  It inspired me to write my own novella about my experiences in the Lebanese civil war.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34735662]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="117879">
    <user id="5861">
    <name><![CDATA[Brenna]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Osos, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5861-brenna]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[some not all]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 27 19:23:11 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 27 19:23:29 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[war war war war death death death horror horror horror.  not as graphic as some of the others i have on here, but it's about that same old shit.  poetic book.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/117879]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="20073510">
    <user id="60405">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Haven, CT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/60405-katie]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="coursebooks" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 13 13:47:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 17 23:11:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Terribly depressing. I imagine the style would be better in the original French... <br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20073510]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="16551711">
    <user id="939149">
    <name><![CDATA[Cisco]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jersey City, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/939149-cisco]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 27 16:17:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 27 16:18:29 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Great but creepy.  Great because it deals with real story in Lebanon.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16551711]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2136676">
    <user id="140508">
    <name><![CDATA[stephen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Essex, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/140508-stephen]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 19 16:58:47 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 19 16:59:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[interesting, engaging and angry book.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2136676]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79740866">
    <user id="11588">
    <name><![CDATA[Mana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11588-mana]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 03 03:48:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 03 03:48:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79740866]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="77971971">
    <user id="2916324">
    <name><![CDATA[Dorothysmith00]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Muscat, 06, Oman]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2916324-dorothysmith00]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 16 10:40:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 10:40:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77971971]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75721245">
    <user id="689449">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/689449-jennifer]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 25 18:42:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 25 18:42:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75721245]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="73237326">
    <user id="267830">
    <name><![CDATA[Brandi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/267830-brandi]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 15:04:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 15:04:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73237326]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="70931582">
    <user id="2720159">
    <name><![CDATA[Jamie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arcadia, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2720159-jamie]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 12 01:19:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 12 01:19:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70931582]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="read-for-school" />
        <shelf name="ethnic-religious-conflicts" />
        <shelf name="women" />
        <shelf name="war" />
        <shelf name="read-for-college" />
        <shelf name="permanentcollection" />
        <shelf name="arab-lit" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=200835</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>