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Behind the Sun

By Bushra al-Maqtari, Sawad Hussain (Translator)
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By Bushra al-Maqtari, Sawad Hussain (Translator)
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From the author of What Have You Left Behind? comes a novel about forced disappearances in Yemen.

An experimental work of historical fiction told in polyphonic monologues, Behind the Sun is set around 2010, with flashbacks to 1994, taking in the transition from an Imam-led government to socialism prevailing in the south, and then the civil war, with a particular focus on unexplained disappearances of those who opposed the majoritarian political power at any time.

The story is told from the pe...

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