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This short, devastating novella unfolds in the voices of the members of an Iraqi family at the time of the Iraq War, is a painfully personal and coldly beautiful telling of the intimate tragedy of an honour killing. The principal narrator is a young unmarried woman who realises that she is pregnant. She knows this means she will be killed by her elder brother when he returns home that evening. As the day inches towards its inevitable dénouement, the story of the family unfolds, through vignettes in the voice of each family member: a delicate courtship, snatched moments, reticence and frustration all offering the sensation of what it is to be female or male in this stifling world.
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Rural Iraq, during the war against the 'Islamic State'. A pregnancy out of wedlock seals a young girl's fate. Before and after death, the voices of each family member rise and fall, between fragments of the legend of Gilgamesh and the mythical voice of the Tigris River, who has seen it all. Uncompromising yet compassionate, May the Tigris Grieve for You reaches into the heart of a society ruled by fathers and sons, a world in which life matters less than honour.
| Weight | 0.104 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 12 × 1.1 cm |
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