A timely, powerful novel from an exciting new voice in international literature; the intertwined stories of two women–who may or may not be the same person–set in present-day Syria
In her therapist’s waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist’s life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim’s novel, The Frightened Ones is a probing examination of life in Assad’s Syria and the devastating effects of oppression on one’s sense of identity.
About The Frightened Ones
A timely, powerful novel from an exciting new voice in international literature; the intertwined stories of two women–who may or may not be the same person–set in present-day Syria
In her therapist’s waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist’s life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim’s novel, The Frightened Ones is a probing examination of life in Assad’s Syria and the devastating effects of oppression on one’s sense of identity.
About The Frightened Ones
A timely, powerful novel from an exciting new voice in international literature; the intertwined stories of two women–who may or may not be the same person–set in present-day Syria
In her therapist’s waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist’s life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim’s novel, The Frightened Ones is a probing examination of life in Assad’s Syria and the devastating effects of oppression on one’s sense of identity.
About Dima Wannous
DIMA WANNOUS was born in 1982. She is a Syrian writer and translator who studied French literature at Damascus University and the Sorbonne and who has worked in both print and broadcast media. In addition to The Frightened Ones, her first work… More about Dima Wannous
About Dima Wannous
DIMA WANNOUS was born in 1982. She is a Syrian writer and translator who studied French literature at Damascus University and the Sorbonne and who has worked in both print and broadcast media. In addition to The Frightened Ones, her first work… More about Dima Wannous
About Dima Wannous
DIMA WANNOUS was born in 1982. She is a Syrian writer and translator who studied French literature at Damascus University and the Sorbonne and who has worked in both print and broadcast media. In addition to The Frightened Ones, her first work… More about Dima Wannous
