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  <title><![CDATA[In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country (Pocket Poets Series, No. 57)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;A mosaic of lyrical vignettes, at once deeply personal and political, set against the turbulent backdrop of Arab/Western relations. Adnan writes, &quot;Contrary to what is usually believed, it is not general ideas and grandiose unfolding of great events that impress the mind during times of heightened historic upheavals, but rather the uninterrupted flow of little experiences, observations, disturbances, small ecstasies, or barely perceptible discouragements that make up day-to-day living.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Etel Adnan&lt;/b&gt;, a Lebanese American poet, painter, and essayist, lives in Paris, Beirut, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Among her books, the novel &lt;i&gt;Sitt Marie Rose&lt;/i&gt; is considered a classic of Middle Eastern literature. She has been a powerful voice for compassion and empowerment in feminist and antiwar movements.&lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Etal Adnan makes it very clear that the name for her novel came to her after reading William Gass’s “In the heart of the heart of the country.” Gass’s work consists of five short stories that revolve around loneliness, isolation and lost love in and about the fictional town of B, Indiana. Ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50814421">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a brilliant memoir that captures philosophy and politics. The author uses sections that repeat throughout the book:  Politics; My House; Vital Data; Weather; Wires; Another Person; Place, etc... She interweaves paragraphs, within sections that all fall in a certain time frame. Born in Lebano...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40482830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inspired by William Gass's collection of stories titled IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY. This reads a it like prose poetry. As a writer I find it provocative, but I don't really know what to make of it. Haven't finished it yet.]]></body>
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