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A mystical, philosophical story about a neighborhood in Baghdad that is affected by both the Gulf War and the Iraq War. Magical realist elements mixed with poetic ruminations about life and love (at times I felt like I was reading a Rumi poem) made this story ethereal and tender but all the parts didn't quite add up to form a cohesive, compelling narrative. As an American, it was meaningful for me to read about those wars from an Iraqi perspective, and there's value in the book for that alone. I
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Nov 11, 2018
Wajeeha
rated it
it was amazing
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Jun 29, 2019
Traci
marked it as check-these-out-further
