Ring
Published on 16. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
135 pages
978-1-56478-868-9 (ISBN)
Description
A brokenhearted man leaves behind his familiar Europe to find himself in a desert land equal parts dull and dreamlike, torn between his desire to lose himself in this new country or hide away with the pampered expatriates who reside in a green zone known as the Ring.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
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Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
188 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-868-9 (9781564788689)
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Elisabeth Horem was born in Bourges, France, in 1955, and educated in Paris, where she studied Arabic. She has traveled extensively, and spent many years in the Middle East with her husband, a Swiss diplomat. Jane Kuntz has translated Everyday Life and The Power of Flies by Lydie Salvayre, Hotel Crystal by Olivier Rolin, Pigeon Post by Dumitru Tsepeneag, and Hoppla! 1 2 3 and Making a Novel by Gerard Gavarry, all of which are available from Dalkey Archive Press.