Confessions

A powerful novel about trauma and forgiveness

Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Finalist for the PEN Translation Prize

Finalist for the USA Translation Award

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one...