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Fear in the Middle of a Vast Field and Other Stories
Short stories by a celebrated playwright bare the horrors of the Syrian civil war.
A selection of stories by Syrian author and playwright Mustafa Taj Aldeen Almosa about characters enduring the horrors of the Syrian civil war. With exquisite wit and lightness of touch, Almosa portrays the internal world of characters facing great physical violence or psychological pressures. Using both realism and fantastic elements, Almosa weaves short stories that are strange, violent, and delicate at the same time. This collection is an invaluable attempt to denounce war, to exist, to love life in all its manifestations and to learn how to cope with loss and disappointment. It is a cry against fear and death as much as it is an ode and a homage to life and love in times of both war and peace.
A selection of stories by Syrian author and playwright Mustafa Taj Aldeen Almosa about characters enduring the horrors of the Syrian civil war. With exquisite wit and lightness of touch, Almosa portrays the internal world of characters facing great physical violence or psychological pressures. Using both realism and fantastic elements, Almosa weaves short stories that are strange, violent, and delicate at the same time. This collection is an invaluable attempt to denounce war, to exist, to love life in all its manifestations and to learn how to cope with loss and disappointment. It is a cry against fear and death as much as it is an ode and a homage to life and love in times of both war and peace.
182 pages, Paperback
Published June 3, 2025
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Mustafa TAJ ALDEEN ALMOSA
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Né en 1981 dans la province d’Idlib (Syrie), Mustafa Taj-Aldeen Almusa est l’auteur de six recueils de nouvelles et de deux pièces de théâtre qui lui ont valu de prestigieux prix littéraires en Syrie et dans le monde arabe. Contraint de s’expatrier pour échapper à la répression, il réside en Turquie. Plusieurs de ses nouvelles ont été traduites dans une dizaine de langues européennes, mais aussi en turc, en persan et en kurde.
Né en 1981 dans la province d’Idlib (Syrie), Mustafa Taj-Aldeen Almusa est l’auteur de six recueils de nouvelles et de deux pièces de théâtre qui lui ont valu de prestigieux prix littéraires en Syrie et dans le monde arabe. Contraint de s’expatrier pour échapper à la répression, il réside en Turquie. Plusieurs de ses nouvelles ont été traduites dans une dizaine de langues européennes, mais aussi en turc, en persan et en kurde.
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