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We All Wore Stars
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 15.99In 1941, Theo Coster was a student at the Amsterdam Jewish Lyceum, one in a class of 28 Jewish children that the Nazis had segregated from the rest of the Dutch population. Among Theo?s fellow students was a young Anne Frank, whose diary would later become one of the most important documents of the Holocaust. In this remarkable group portrait, Coster... more...
The Past Ahead
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 15.99The Past Ahead is the story of the destinies of two people after their experiences of the genocide in Rwanda. Isaro is orphaned, exiled, and now returned to her native country. Niko is a character in a novel that Isaro writes to help her understand her country's recent horrific past. Isaro's quest to recover the memory of the life she has lost is... more...
Gaddafi's Harem
Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 2013;Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, ?the Guide,? on a visit he was making to her school the following week. This one meeting?a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi?changed Soraya?s life forever. Soon afterwards, she... more...
Children of the New World
The Feminist Press at CUNY 2005; US$ 15.95A compelling war novel, as seen by women, sheds light on the current Iraq conflict. more...
The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing
The Feminist Press at CUNY 2011; US$ 14.95The wild ride of a young woman?s sexual rebellion in war-torn Beirut. more...
Algerian White
Seven Stories Press 2011; US$ 13.95In Algerian White, Assia Djebar weaves a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in her country between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society. Many Algerian writers and intellectuals have died tragically and violently since the 1956 struggle for independence. They include three beloved friends of Djebar: Mahfoud Boucebi,... more...
Men and Mothers
Karnac Books 2013; US$ 26.95Not all men vie with their fathers for the love of their mothers. In some families the mother becomes the central figure for her son - the father is excluded (or excludes himself) and does not come between mother and son. The main thesis of this book - using clinical vignettes and quotes from the work of Marcel Proust to illustrate the author's points... more...
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