Absence of Pain: A Novel

by Barbara Victor

Television report Maggie Summers retreats from the violence of Lebanon to sort out her life and her feelings toward Israeli general Avi Herzog, with whom, she realizes, she has fallen in love

Genres: Fiction, Romance

314 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1988

About the author

Barbara Victor, a former Middle East specialist for the U.S. State Department, has worked in television and radio for many years.
Currently a freelance journalist, she has interviewed such Middle Eastern leaders as Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon, Yitzhak Rabin, Colonel Muammaer Quaddafi and Abu Lyad (sic) of the PLO. She lives in Paris.
Penguin has published her novels Lovers and Enemies (later republished as Friends, Lovers, Enemies), Absence of Pain and Misplaced Lives.

Reviews

[Baneen]

I think the author had a really harsh view of Hisbullah. They are not the bad guys but the good ones. They are just defending their country and their religion. They are not the offenders but the defenders.

[Nuria]

Guerra y romance. Cuando llegas al final no puedes parar de leer.